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GENERAL INFORMATION.
Certificates.
Life Diplomas, State Certificates, and County Certificates
are granted only on examination.
Applicants for Life Diplomas are examined in the .follow-
ing: Political Economy, Zoology, Psychology, Plane Geometry.
Applicants for State Certificates are examined in the
following: Physics, Literature, General History, Botany, Paper.
Applicants for County Certificates are examined in the
following: Arithmetic, Grammar, United States History, Civil
Government, Geography, State Constitution, Physiology, Reading,
School- Law, Theory and Art, Algebra.
Application for Life Diploma and State Certificate is not
<5onsidered unless applicant holds a first-grade County Certificate,
issued by a County Superintendent of this State.
State Board of Public Instruction.
Permeal French, Supt. of Public Instruction, - Boise, Idaho
M. Patrie, Secretary of State, - - Boise, Idaho
Samuel H. Hays, Attorney General, - - Boise, Idaho
University of Idaho— Moscow.
REGENTS.
Six years:
Albert Alford, - - - Lewiston, Idaho
F. N.#Gilbert, - . - Moscow, Idaho
F. E. Cornwall, - - - Moscow, Idaho
Four years:
A. B. Campbell, - - - Wallace, Idaho
C. E. Harris, _ _ . Paris, Idaho
G. E. Robethan, - - - Pocatello, Idaho
Two Years:
Josiah Hickman, - - - Malad, Idaho
John B. Goode, - - - Rathdrum, Idaho
Mrs. George A. Williams, - - Hailey, Idaho
Lewiston State Normal School —Lewiston.
TRUSTEES.
Two years:
B.F.Morris, Lewiston, Idaho. C. W. Shaff, Lewiston, Idaho
Four years:
J. P. Vollmer, Lewiston, Idaho. Geo. E. Erb, Lewiston, Idaho
Six years:
Jas. W. Reid, Lewiston, Idaho. James W. Poe, Lewiston, Idaho
Albion State Normal School— Albion.
TRUSTEES.
H. E. McElroy, Boise, Idaho. J. E. Harroun, Albion, Idaho
C. S. Mark, - Albion, Idaho. H. T. Eames, Almo, Idaho
Chester Call, Pocatello, Idaho.
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Laws Relating to Common Schools.
CHAPTER I. — State Board of Public Instruction,
. Section 1. — Members and Officers. The Superintendent of
Public Instruction, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney
General shall constitute the State Board of Public Instruction,
of which the Superintendent shall be President. The Board shall
have power to appoint a Secretary.
Sec 2. — Regular Meetings. The Board of Public Instruc-
tion shall meet at the Capitol on the first Monday of June and
December of each year for the transaction of business and at such
other times as its President shall* direct; and shall have power to
adopt rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this
State, for its own government.
Sec. 3. — State Examinations — Assistants — Compensation,
The State Board shall hold annually, at least two public exam-
inations of teachers, at each of which examinations one member
of the Board shall preside, assisted by such person, or persons,
not to exceed two in number, as the Board may select, who shall
receive for such services not to exceed five dollars per day, and
said Board shall keep a full and correct record of its proceedings
and a complete register of all persons to whom certificates are
issued.
Sec 4 — State Certificates and State Diplomas — When
Granted. Said Board shall issue State Certificates and State
Diplomas to those persons only, who possess good moral character
and who shall have passed a thorough examination in all the
branches included in the Course of Study prescribed for the pub-
lic schools of the State, didactics and such other branches as the
Board may direct. J'rovidedy That in no case shall a State
Certificate be granted unless the applicant has been successfully
engaged in teaching for at least three years and can furnish the
Board satisfactory evidence of his or her ability to instruct and
properly manage any school in the State. Such certificate shall
authorize the person to whom it is issued to teach in any public
school in the State for the term of five years from the date of its
issue, unless sooner revoked by the State Board of Public In-
struction.
Sec 5. — State Diploma — Conditions. In no case shall a
State Diploma be granted, unless the applicant has been success-
fully engaged in teaching for the term of at least five years, two of
which shall have been in the State of Idaho, and can furnish the
Board satisfactory evidence of his ability to instruct and properly
manage any public school dn the State. Such diploma shall
authorize the person to whom it is issued to teach in any public
school of the State during the life-time of the holder, unless re-
voked by the State Board of Public Instruction.
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4 GENERAL SCHOOL LWVS
Sec. 6. — Recognition of Other State Diplomas. Tlie Boan.I
may issue certificates to persons holding State Diplomas or State
Certificates from other States requiring similar qualifications.
Sec. 7.- — Revocation of Certificates. The State Board of
Public Instruction shall have the power to revoke any State Cer-
tificate or State Diploma, for any cause or disqualification, which
would have been sufficient ground for refusing to issue the same,
had the cause existed or been known at the time of its issue.
Provided. That before 'revoking any such certificate or diploma
the holder thereof shall have at least thirty. days' notice to appear
before the State Board and show cause whv such revocation
should not be made.
CHAPTER II, — State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Section 1. — Official Qualification, Before entering upon
the duties of his ofiice the State Superintendent of Public In-
struction shall take and subscribe to the oath, prescribed by the
Constitution, and execute a bond in the penal sum of t^vo
thousand dollars, payable to the State of Idaho, with sureties to
be approved by the Governor, conditioned upon the faithful per-
formance of his ofiicial duties, and the delivery to his successor
of all books, papers, documents and other property belonging to
the office. Said bond and oath shall be deposited with the
Secretary of State.
Sec. 2. — Office at Seat of Government — Preservation of
Records. He shall have an office at the Capitol, where a seal
shall be kept which shall be the official seal of the State Super-
intendent of Public Instruction, by which all his official acts may
be authenticated, and all records, books, and papers apper-
taining to the business of this office. He shall file all papers,
reports, and public documents transmitted to him by the County
Superintendents of the several counties and hold the same in
readiness to be exhibited to the Governor, or to any Committee of
any House of the Legislature, or any citizen of the State.
Sec. 3. — Supervision of Schools — Course of Study. He shall
have general supervision of all the County Superintendents and
of the public schools of the State, and shall prepare and prescribe
a Course of Study for use in all such public schools.
Sec. 4. — Teachers^ Exaviination. He shall prepare or
cause to be prepared all examination questions to be used by the
County Superintendents of the several counties of the State in the
examination of applicants for teachers' certificates, and shall pre-
scribe the rules and regulations for the conducting of all such
examinations.
Sec. 5. — Conference ivith County Superintendents. He shall
meet the County Superintendents of each judicial district, or of
two or more districts combined, at such time and place as he
shall appoint, giving them due notice of such meeting. The ob-
ject of such meeting shall be to accumulate facts relative to
schools, to compare views, to discuss principles, to hear dis-
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cuspions and suggestions appertaining to the examination and
qualification of teachers, methods of instruction, institutes and
all other matters embraced in the public school system.
Sec. 6. — Srhaol Laws. He shall have the law relating to
the public schools printed in pamphlet form and shall supply
school officers, school libraries and State Librarians with one
copy each of such pamphlets; said printing to be paid for on the
warrant of the Auditor out of the General Fund on bills ap-
proved by the State Board of Examiners.
Sec. 7. — Biennial Report. He shall on or before the first
day of December in every year preceding that in which shall be
held a regular session of the Legislature, report to the Governor
the condition of the public schools, the amount of State School
Fund apportioned and sources from which derived, with such
suggestions and recommendations relating to the affairs of his
office as he may think proper.
Sec. 8. — Visitation of Schools. It shall be his duty to visit
annually such counties of the State as most need his personal
attendance, and all counties if practicable, for the purpose of
inspecting the schools, awakening and guiding public sentiment
in relation to the practical interests of education. And he shall
open such correspondence as may enable him to obtain all
necessary information relating to the system of public schools in
other states.
Sec. 9. — Traveling Expenses and Incidentals. He shall re-
ceive out of the State Treasury for actual traveling expenses and
other expenses while traveling on the business of the department,
not exceeding seven hundred and^fifty dollars per annum, for
which he shall render an itemized bill to the State Board of
Examiners; and all office fuel, furniture, books, postage, stationery
and other contingent expenses pertaining to his office, shall be
furnished in the same manner as those of the other departments
of the State government.
Sec. 10. — Apportionment of School Funds. The income of
the State School Fund and taxes collected by the State for the
support of the public schools which will be received up to the first
day of January and the first day of July of each year shall be
distributed semi-annually during said months respectively in
each year among the several counties of the State from which
reports have been received by the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, as provided in this act, in proportion to the number
of children of school age, as shown by the last school census list
of each county, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction
shall certify such apportionment to the State Auditor, and upon
such certificate the Auditor shall draw his warrant in favor of '
the County Treasurer of each county, for the amount due such
county. The Superintendent shall also certify to the Treasurer
and Superintendent of each county the amount apportioned to
each county.
tiENERAL SCHOOL LAW^
CHAPTER III. — County Superintendents.
An Act to Establish the Office of County Superintendent of Public instruction
and Prescribing the Duties of the Same.
Be it enacted hy the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
Sec. 1. — Election of County Superintendent s. At the next
ensuing general election after the passage of thi« act, there shall
be elected in each county in the State ot Idaho, a Superintendent
of Public Instruction, who shall reside at the county seat of the
county in which he is elected, and who shall hold his office for
a term of two years, from and after his taking charge of the same
and until his successor has been elected and qualified.
Sec. 2. — Official Qualifications. Before entering upon the
duties of his office the County Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed by law and
execute a bond, payable to the State of Idaho, with two or more
sureties to be approved by the Board of County Commissioners,
in the penal sum of not less than two thousand dollars, conditioned
upon the faithful performance of his official duties, and the
delivery of all moneys and property received by him as such
Superintendent to his successor in office, which bond shall be filed
in the office of the County Recorder; which official bond, together
with his official oath, shall be filed in the office of the County
Recorder as aforesaid, not later than the second Monday in
January, next after election. Frovided^ That no person shall
be eligible to the office of County Superintendent of Public
Instruction except a practical teacher of not less than two years'
experience and the holder of a valid First Grade Certificate, at
the time of his election or appointment.
Sec. 3. — Supervision arfk Visitation. The County Superin-
tendent of ^blic Instruction shall have charge and oversight of
the public schools of his county, and it shall be his duty to visit
every public school in his county at least once during each term
and remain at said public school at least one-half day. At such
visits he shall carefully observe the methods employed by the
teacher in giving instruction in the several branches taught; the
manner of discipline and government, the classification of the
pupils, and the general management of the schools, and shall give
the schools such instruction and encouragement as he deems for
the best interest of all concerned, and he shall make such sug-
gestions to the teacher in private as, in his judgment, will render
the said teacher more efficient, and promote the general educational
interests of the districts.
Sec. 4. — Office at the County Seat — DistHhution of Blanks,
The County Commissioners shall furnish the County Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction an office at the county seat, and
they shall furnish him with all necessary office furniture, includ-
ing seal and blank books, stationery, postage, expressage, all
blanks necessary for his office, and all blank books and blanks
necessary for the use of the Trustees and teachers in the discharge
of their respective official duties in his county. The County
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO.
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall designate certain days
in each month as his office days, which shall not be less than five
in any month, and upon these days so designated by him, he
shall keep his office open from 9 o'clock a. m. until o'clock 5 p. m.
Sec. 5, — Direction to Trustees. He may, in his discretion,
require the Trustees in any district to repair the school, buildings
or property, or to abate any nuisance in and about the premises,^
if such repair or abatement can be done for a sum not to exceed
seventy-five dollars- Provided, There is a sufficient amount of
money in the treasury to the credit of the district. He may also,
in all cases, require the Trustees to provide- suitable outhouses;
and in case the Trustees fail to make such provision within a
reasonable time, he may cause it to be done and draw an order
ior a warrant, as hereinafter provided, upon the County Auditor
for said expenses, who shall draw his warrant payable out of any
money to the credit of such district.
Sec. 6, — Rpcnrd of Officlnl Acts. He shall keep a complete
record of all his official acts; preserve all blanks, maps, charts
and apparatus, sent him as such officer, and file all papers, re-
ports and statements from teachers and school boards; keep a
record of all teachers employed in his county, giving name of
teacher, number of district, salary per month, grade of certificate
and date of Superintendent's visit. He shall obey the legal in-
structions of 'the State Superintendent.
Sec. 7. — Examinations — Regular — Special — Official Notice.
He shall hold one regular public examination in each year for the
purpose of examining all persons who may offer themselves as
teachers in the public schools; said examination to be held in
some suitable room at the county seat, and comniencing on the
fourth Thursday of August and continuing not to exceed three
days. And for a like purpose the said County Superintendent
shall hold not to exceed three special examinations at such times
and places as in his judgment the interests of the schools and
teachers of the county shall require. Provided, That it shall be
the duty of the County Superintendent to give at least fifteen
days' notice of such regular and special public examinations in
some newspaper published in the county.
Sec. 8. — Teachers^ Certificates — QiiMifications — Signatures
He shall grant certificates to teachers in such form as the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe, and to those
persons only who shall have attained the age of eighteen years,
who have attended the said public examination and shall be found
to possess good moral character, thorough scholarship, and the
ability to instruct and govern a school; but no certificate shall be
granted to any person who shall not pass a satisfactory examin-
ation in Orthography, Reading, Writing, Grammar, Arithmetic,
Geography, History of the United States, Civil Government^
Physiology and Hygiene, with particular reference to the effects
of Alcoholic Drinks, Stimulants and Narcotics upon the Human
System, Theory and Practice of Teaching, State Constitution, and
8 GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS
SO much of the General School Laws as relates to the duties and
responsibilities of teaching. All certificates shall be signed by
the County Superintendent, and no person shall be considered a
qualified teacher within the meaning of the School Law, who has
not a certificate granted by the said Superintendent or other law-
ful authority. Provided^ That all examination questions shall
have been prepared as prescribed by law, furnished under seal
and opened before the applicants for certificates on the day of
examination. Provided, That First Grade Certificates shall be
granted to all applicants who are otherwise qualified according to
law, and who shall have passed all the branches required in this
section, and Algebradn addition thereto, with a general average
of not less than ninety per cent., and with a minimum of not less
than seventy-five per cent, in any branch, and all applicants
who are otherwise qualified according to law, shall be granted
Second Grade Certificates who shall have attained a general
average of eighty per cent., and a minimum in any branch of not
less than seventy per cent., and Third Grade Certificates shall be
granted to all applicants who are otherwise qualified according to
law, who shall have attained a general average of seventy-five
per cent., and a minimum in any branch of not less than sixty
percent. Provided, fvrtJier, That each applicant for teacher's
certificate under the provisions of this act shall pay the County
Superintendent the sum of one dollar, the same to be deposited
by him in the county treasury to the credit of the Institute Fund,
to be used in institute work in addition to the regular appro-
priation.
Sec. 9. — Teachers^ Certificates — Grades. The certificates
issued by the County Superintendent, subject to the rules and
.regulations prescribed by the State Superintendent, shall be of
three grades: (1.) First grades, which shall be valid in the
county in which they are issued for a term of three years from
the date thereof unless sooner revoked, and tbey shall be good in
any county in the State for the same period by the holder thereof
iiling a certified copy of the same with the County Superin-
tendent in the county in which he desires to teach. (2.) Second
Grade Certificates, which shall entitle the holder to teach in the
county in and for which they are issued, for a term of two years.
(3.) Third grades, which shall be valid in the county where is-
sued for a term of one year.
Sec. 10. — Revocation of Chviifictes. The County Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction shall have power to revoke any
teacher's certificate, other than those granted by the State Super-
intendent, for neglect of duty, for incompetency to instruct and
govern a school, for immorality or for any cause or disqualification
which would have been sufficient ground for refusing to issue the
same had the cause existed or been known at the time of its issue.
Provided, . That no certificate shall be revoked or annulled
without a personal hearing, unless the holder t?iereof shall, after
reasonable notice, neglect or refuse to appear before the Superin-
tendent for that purpose.
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO.
Sec. 11. — Record of Certificates He shall keep a record of
«l11 certificates granted or revoked, showing to whom issued, age
of grantee, date of issue, grade and duration of each certificate^
;and if revoked, date and reason therefor.
Sec. 12. — Annual Report. He shall, on or hefore the first
<lay of October in each year, make and transmit an Annual Re-
port to the State Superintendent for the school year ending
August 81st, next preceding, which report shall contain an
:abstract of all reports made to him by the District Clerks of the
several districts of the county, together with such statistics, items
4ind statements, relative to the schools of the county, as may be
required and prescribed by the State Superintendent. Such re-
ports shall be made upon and conform to the blanks furnished
by the State Superintendent for that purpose. He shall inquire
^md ascertain whether the boundaries of the school districts in
his county are definitely and plainly described in the records of
the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, and to keep in
his office a full and correct transcript of such boundaries. In
-case the boundaries of districts are conflicting or incorrectly de-
scribed, he shall report such fact to the Board of County
Commissioners at their regular meeting in July, and such Board
shall immediately take such steps as are necessary to change,
harmonize and clearly define them. The County Superintend-
ent, if he deems it necessary for the guidance of School Census
Marshals, may order the description of the district boundaries
printed in pamphlet form, to be paid out of the Current Expense
Fund of thecountv.
Sec. 13. — Appointments — New Districts — Vacancies. The
County Superintendent shall appoint Trustees for all newly
organized school districts who shall serve until the next regular
election, till all vacancies that may occur in the Board of Trustees
by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, and such appoint-
ments shall hold until the next regular election.
Sec. 14, — Necessary Expenses. The County Superintendent
shall be allow^ed all necessary expenses incurred in the examina-
tion of teachers, for blanks, books, stationery, pens and inks, out
of the Current Expense Fund of the county.
Sec. 15. — Apportionment of School Funds. The County
Superintendent shall require of the County Treasurer quarterly
each year, a report of the amount of money on hand to the credit
of the School Fund of each county, not already apportioned, and
the County Treasurer shall furnish such report when so re-
quired. The County Superintendent upon receiving such report
shall proceed to apportion the public school moneys, both county
and State, reported by the County Treasurer, to be in the county
treasury, among the several school districts in the following man-
ner, to-wit: One- third of the whole amount he shall divide
equally among the several districts that have complied with the
provisions of this act. The remaining two-thirds of said whole
amount he shall apportion per capita among the several districts
in proportion to the number of children in each district as shown
iO GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS
by the last report of the Census Marshal of each district, and
<;redit each district with the amount to which the apportionment
entitles. Provided, That each district is entitled to one share
in the apportionment of the first one-third, regardless of the num-
ber of children therein. Immediately after such apportionment
he shall certify to the County Treasurer the amounts which are
to be placed to the credit of each district and notify the Clerk
of each district of the amount placed to<the credit of his district.
Sec. 16. — Neglect of Duty — Penalty. If the County Superin-
tendent fails to make a full and correct report to the State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction of all statements required by law
to be made, he forfeits the sum of one hundred dollars from anv
moneys due him from the county, and the Board of County Com-
missioners are hereby authorized and required to deduct there-
from the sum aforesaid upon information from the State Super-
intendent of Public Instruction, that such reports have not been
made.
Sec. 17. — To Whom Issue Certificates. No certificate
shall be granted or teacher employed in any of the public schools
of this State to any person not a citizen of the United States.
Sec. 18. — Repe(ding Clause. All acts and parts of acts in
conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 19. — Snlnry <lou.nty Superintendent. The County Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction shall receive a salary of not less
than five hundred dollars ($500) per annum, and not to exceed
fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) per annum.
CHAPTER IV.— District Trustees.
Sec. 1. — Board — How Composed. At the next regular school
election, following the passage of this act, there must be elected a
Board of Trustees consisting of three in number, one of whom
must hold office for three years, one for two years and one for one
year, and the ballots must designate the length of time which
said Trustees are to serve. At the second and every subsequent
school election there must be elected one Trustee for the term of
three years.
Sec. 2. — Organization. Immediately after their election
they must elect from their number a Chairman and Clerk.
Sec. 3. — Regular Meetings. The regular meeting of the
Board of Trustees shall be held on thq last Saturday of March,
June, September and December. The Board may, however, hold
other special or adjourned meetings, as they may from time to
time determine.
Sec. 4. — Quorum. Any two of said Trustees shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Sec 5. — Employment and Dismissal of Teachers — Compen-
sation of Clerk and fuition of Paplls. It shall be the duty of the
Trustees of each district to employ teachers, on a written contract,
and to discharge the same, and to fix, allow and order paid their
salaries and compensation, and the compensation of the Clerk of
OF rilE STATE OF IDAHO. U
the Board, and to determine the rate of tuition of non-resident
pupils, and they shall have power to discharge any teacher for any
neglect of duty, or any cause that in their opinion, renders the
service of such teacher unprofitable to the district, but no teacher
shall be discharged before the end of his term without a reason-
able hearing.
Sec. 6. — Charge of School Property. The Trustees shall
have charge of all school property in their district, and have
power to receive in trust all real estate or other property conveyed
to said school district, and to convey by deed, duly executed or
delivered, all the estate or interest of their district in any school
house or site directed to be sold by a vote of their district; and all
conveyance made to said Board must be made in their corporate
name: To the Trustees of School District No , County
. . . , State of Idaho.
Sec. 7. — Power to Purchase Real Estate, Etc. Said Trustees
have further power when directed by a vote of their district, to pur-
chase, receive, hold arid convey real and personal property for school
purposes, and to hold, purchase and repair school houses and to
supply the same with necessary furniture and to fix the location
of school houses.
Sec. 8. — Ptcuniary Interest. No Trustee shall be pecuni-
arily interested in any contract made by the Board of Trustees of.
which he is a member, and any contract made in violation of this
section is null and void.
Sec 9. — Furnish Necessary Supplies — Limit of Such Pur-
chase. The Trustees of the respective districts must furnish all
things, not herein otherwise provided for, necessary for the use
and comfort of the schools in their district, such as fuel, improve-
ments, maps, apparatus, a library, and for such purpose may
audit and allow accounts against the School Fund of their dis-
trict, not to exceed twenty-five per cent, of the amount of such
School Fund in any one year.
Sec. 10. — Orders for Warrants. That the Trustees shalL
not draw an order for a warrant in excess of the amount to the
credit of the district at the time the order is given.
Sec 11. — Annual Report. The Trustees of each district
must make a full report in writing, annually, on the 1st day of
September, to the County Superintendent of their county, on
blanks furnished, relating to all matters pertaining to schools as
may be required of them by the State or County Superintendent.
Sec 12. — Suspensio-n of Pupils. It is the duty of the
Trustees of the respective districts on receiving a report from any
teacher of the disorderly conduct of any pupil, to decide how said
insubordinate pupil shall be punished, or whether he or she be
dismissed from schoo|, and the teacher must enforce the deci&ion
so made.
Sec 13. — Enumeration of Child'^en. The Clerk of the
Board of Trustees must, on the first Monday of July of each year,
proceed to enumerate the children of school age in his district,
and he must not enumerate any except bona fide residents thereof^
and the Board of Trustees. must cause a true and certified copy of
said census to be transmitted to the County Superintendent.
Sec, 14, — Compevs'iiioafor Enumeration. For said service^
said Clerk shall be allowed as full compensation therefor five
cents for each child so enumerated, and the Chairman of the
Board of Trustees shall draw his order upon the County Auditor,
which must be countersigned by at least one other member of the
Board of said district for the amount so allowed, and it must be
charged again&t and paid out of the fund of said county [district.],
Sec. 15. — Non Resident Pupils, Trustees may determine
whether pupils outside of their district may attend school in such
district, and upon what terms. (Laws 1893,. Ch, 5, Sec. 35.)
When it s-hall appear that a pupil living in one district cannot
attend school in his or her own distjict because of the distance
of the school house and for other reasons, then when convenient,,
by an agreement of the Trustees of the respective districts, he or
she may attend a school in an adjoining district and that dis-
trict shall receive for said pupiPs tuition from • the said pupil's-
district, such an amount as said pupil would be credited with in
said pupil's o-wn district,
CHAPTER V,— ScH.ooi> Districts.
Section 1. — -Corporation — Hnw Constituted. Each regularly
organized school district in this State is hereby declared to be a
body corporate by the name and style of School District Number
", in the County of. .... , State of Idaho; and in
that name the Trustees may sue and be sued, hold and convey
property for the use and benefit of such district and make con-
tracts the same as municipal corporations in this State.
Sec. 2. — New Districts and Change of Boundaries — When
Done. The Board of County Commissioners of several counties
of the State shall have power to create new districts from un-
organized territory or from old district's, to change the boundaries
of any district heretofore established or to attach to one or more
school districts the territory included within the boundaries of
any district which shall lapse by reason of the failure to comply
with the provisions of this act: Provided, That no district shall
be formed from any territory, or the boundaries of any district
be changed at any other time than at the regular quarterly meet-
ings of the board, nor at that time unless a petition for such new
district or the change of boundaries is filed in the office of County
Superintendent on or before the fifteenth day of the month
preceding.
Sec. 3. — Petition — Contents Of. If such petition is for a
new district it must set forth the boundaries of the new district
asked for and must be signed by the parents or guardians of at
least ten children of school age who are residents of the proposed
new district ; and if for a change of boundaries, such petition
must set forth the change of boundaries desired and the reasons
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for the same, and must be signed by at least two-thirds of those
who are heads of families and residents of the territory embraced
within the limits of the tract to be stricken off or added to a
district.
Sec. 4. — Petition — Notice to Parties — Presentation, to Com-
missioners. It shall be the duty of the County Superintendent up-
on receipt of any petition, as herein provided for, to immediately
give notice to all parties interested by sending notice by registered
mail to each of the Trustees of the district to be affected by such
change or changes; and cause printed notices to be posted in at least
three public places in the districts so affected, one of which shall
be on the door of the school house in said district, for at least one
week. Such notice must state the change or changes to be made
in said district, that the petition is on file in the office of the
County Superintendent, and that the same will be presented to
the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting for
their final action. The Superintendent must transmit the said
petition to the said Board with his approval or disapproval, and
if he approve the same he may note such changes in boundaries
as in his judgment shall be for the best interest of all parties
concerned.
Sec. 5. — }*etition — County Commissioners Must Act. The
Board of County Commissioners must, at their next regular
meeting, act upon the same. If such petition be granted it may
be in accordance with the original prayer, or with such modifica-
tions as they may choose to make.
Sec. 6 — ' Union of Districts — Division — When Allowed — Area.
Two or more districts lying contiguous may, upon a petition of
the majority of the heads of families residing in each of said dis-
tricts, be united to constitute one district: Provided^ also, That no
district shall be hereafter divided for the purpose of forming a
new district unless it contains an area of more than nine square
miles ; nor shall a new district be divided, if by so doing the re-
mainder of the district shall be found to contain less than fifteen^
persons of school age, nor shall any incorporated city or town,
hereafter be divided into two or more districts.
Sec. 7. — Joint Districts— How Formed. A joint school district
may be formed from territory belonging to two or more contig-
uous counties. For the purpose of organizing a joint district the
same preliminary steps must be taken, and the same course be
pursued, as is pursued in the organization of other districts, as
is provided in Sec. 36* and 36* of this act. Such districts shall
be designated as "Joint District No. . . ., of the counties of ^'
and be so numbered that it shall have the same number in all
the counties from which it was formed. The petition required
by Sec. 35* shall be made to each County Superintendent inter-
ested.
Sec. 8 — Record of Joint Districts, The school census, the
record of attendance at school, the assessing of property, the col-
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kction of taxes, imd all tiets whidi from their nature^ shall be
s^eparately kept, shall be kept and done, and the report thereof
made as if each portion of said joint district were an entire dis-
trict in the respective counties. The teacher of such joint district
shall not be required to hold a certiiiciate in both counties.
Bec.9. — New Districts — EntiUed to Apportionmenf . All new
districts formed of unorganized territory shall be entitled to their
just proportion of school moneys at the next apportionment and
the County Superintendent shall plat^e the same to the credit of
such district: Frovided, That in no case- shall such district be-
entitled to use the same unless school has actually l)een com-
menced therein and six months shall not have elapsed since the-
date of its organization.
Sec*. 10. — New Districts — Adjustment of Funds or IndeMed-
ness. If any new district is organized from any part of any other
organized district or districts, as provided in this act, the County
Superintendent, after having ascertained the amount of moneys^
belonging to said old district or districts and deducting said in-
debtedness and liabilities, must ax3portian to said' new district its
due per capita proportion of money or indebtedness, as the case
may be, from said districts from which it may be formed.
Sec, 11. — Joint Districts — Apportionment. [Laws 1893, Ch.
5, Sec. 39J And in case of joint districts the County Superin-
tendent must apportion to such district such proportion of the
school money to which such district is entitled, as the number' of
school children residing in that portion of the district situated in
his countv bears to the whole number of school cens-us children
in the whole district.
Sec. 12 — Dissolution of Districts — When — Sale of Property
- — Disposal of Territory. If any school district shall, for the period of
one year, fail to maintain a school for a term of at least three
consecutive months or keep up its organization of officers, as re-
quired by laWy or if there has been an average attendance for
three consecutive months of only five pupils, or less, such dis-
trict shall lapse, and the moneys in the treasury of the county
belonging thereto shall be apportioned by the County Superin-
tendent among the other districts in the same manner as other
school moneys are apportioned. The property of any school dis-
trict that shall lapse shall be sold by the County Superintendent
in such manner as he shall deem best. The proceeds of such sale^
after the payment of any indebtedness of said district, shall be
placed to the credit of the General School Fund. The territory in-
cluded within the boundaries of the said district shall, by order
of the Board of County Commissioners, be attached to one or
more school districts.
CHAPTER VI.— -School Elections— Special Tax.
Sec. 1. The regular election for electing members of the
NBoard of School Trustees shall be held annually in each district
on the first Monday in June at which time it shall be lawful to
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transat^t aiiy Inipiness pertaining to schools and s<'hool interests.
The Clerk of said Board of Trustees shall cause printed or "written
notices to he posted specifying the time and place of holding sucli
election and the time during which the ballot box sliall be kept
open, not less, however, than three hours, and further specifying
at what hour other business shall be transacted. Said notice
shall be posted in three public places in the district, one of which
shall be the schov)l house, if there be one, at least ten days
previous to such time of election. If the Clerk fail to give such
notice, then any two legal voters residing in the district may give
such notice over their own names, and such election may be held
after the dav fixed in this Act. for such election. All elections
shall be by ballot; the polls shall be opened by one of the Board
of Trustees, or by any qualified elector if no Trustee be present at
the time specified in the notice. If no time is specified in the
notice, then the polls shall be opened at one o'clock p. m. and
closed at five p. m. of the same day. .Said election shall be con-
ducted as any other county election, except that one Judge
and one Clerk may constitute a Board of Election, and anv
Trustee may administer the oath to the said Jydge and Clerk.
Said Judge and Clerk shall make return of such election to the
County Superintendent immediately, which return shall be filed
in the office of the County Superintendent: Provided^ further.
That it "shall be lawful at such annual meeting and election on
said first Monday in June to vote upon the question of whether
or not any special tax shall be levied for any purpose, such as
building or repairing school houses, or for the support of public
schools in the district; said meeting may first decide the rate to
be levied, not to exceed ten mills on the dollar of taxable property,
then proceed to ballot, on which ballot shall be written or printed
^Tax — Yes" or "Tax — No" and none but actual resident free-
holders or heads of families of said district are entitled to vote at
such election: Provided. That for the . purpose of this Act both
husband and wife are to be considered a head of a family. A
separate ballot box shall be used for voting on any question of
taxation or other business concerning schools and school interests,
from that used in voting for Trustees. If a majority of the votes
polled at such election are in favor of a tax, the Board of Trustees
naust immediately make such levy and certify the fact, the date
thereof, and the rate of tax levied, the year for which levied and
the number of the district, to the Clerk of the Board of Countv
Commissioners and the County Assessors, but not more than one
such special tax shall be levied in any one year.
Sec. 2. — Qunlified Voters — General School Election.
(Const. Art. 6, Sec. 2.) Except as in this article otherwise pro-
vided, every male citizen of the United States, twenty-one years
old, who has actually resided in the state or territory for six
months, and in the county where he offers to vote, thirty days
next preceding the day of election, is a qualified elector; and
until otherwise provided by the legislature, women who have the
qualifications prescribed in this article, may continue to hold
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such school offices and vote at such school elections as provided
by the laws of Idaho.
Sec. 3. — When and FLnv Trustees Qualify. Trustees must
qualify within fifteen days after receiving notice of their election,
by taking the official oath, which oath may be administered by
either of the other Trustees or the retiring Trustee, and said oath
shall be subscribed and filed in the office of the County Super-
intendent.
CHAPTER VII.— School Funds.
Sec. 1. — Proceeds of Lands, The Public School Fund of
the State shall consist of the proceeds of such lands as have here-
tofore been granted, or may hereafter be granted, to the State
by the general government known as "School Lands'^ and those
granted in lieu of such. Lands acquired by gift or grant from
any person or corporation under any law or grant, and of all
other grants of land or money made to the State for general
educational purposes, and all moneys accruing to the State from
the estates of deceased persons.
Sec. 2. — Funds Shall Remain Inviolate and Intact (Const.
€h. 9, Sec. 3.) The Public School Fund of the State shall for-
ever remain inviolate and intact; the interest thereon only shall
be expended in the maintenance of the schools of the State, and
shall be distributed among the several counties and school dis;
tricts of the State in such manner as may be prescribed by law.
No part of this fund, principal or interest, shall ever be trans-
ferred to any other fund, or used or appropriated except as herein
provided. The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of this
fund, and the same shall be securely and profitably invested as
may be by law directed. The State shall supply all losses there-
of that may in any manner occur.
Sec 3. — School Tax Levy. For the purpose of establishing
and maintaining public schools in the several counties of the
State, the Board of County Commissioners shall, at the time of
levying the taxes for the State and county purposes, levy a tax
of not less than five mills nor more than ten mills on each dollar
of taxable property, in their respective counties, for school pur-
poses. Said taxes must be assessed and collected in each county
as other taxes for State and county purposes.
FREE SCHOOL SYSTEM -AMENDING OF.
An Act to Amend Sections Thirty-one and Thirty-three of an Act Entitled, **An
Act to Establish and Maintain a System of Free Schools."
Sec. 4. — Free School System — Amending Of — Duty of
<loynty Treasurer — District not Entitled to Apportionment — Duty
of County Auditor — Repeal — Approval. That Section 31 of said
act be amended to read as follows: Sec. 31. It is hereby made the
duty of the County Treasurer to keep a separate account with
each school district in the county ; to place to the credit of each,
the amount of money certified to by the County Superintendent,
as provided .in this act, and to pay over the money on legally
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drawn warraiits or orders of tliu district officer.s entitled to draw
the same: Fror'idcd. That if the County 8ii[).n-inteii k'ut shall
notify the County Treasurer in writin<2:, that there has heen a
failure on the part of any Board of Trustees to comply with the
law, and that said monev shall he w'itliheld from said Board of
Trustees, he shall retain the same until further notice from the
€ounty Superintendent. All moneys that shall l)e tinally for-
feited hv any district shall he i)utinto the (xem^ral Sch > )lFand of
the county, and he apportioned as other moneys. And it shall
he the duty of said Treasurer to receive and iioid as special de-
posits all moneys helongin<>: to the Puhlic School Fund of liis
county in accordance with the provisions of this act, and to pay
them over only on the warrant of the County Auditor: Provided,
tnrther^ That the said County Treasurer shall pay over to the
Treasurer of any inch^pendent schocd district organized under the
provisions of this act, all moneys belonging to such dislrict upon
the presentation of an order from the Clerk of the Board of
Trust:3es of such district signed also by the Chairman there. )f,
and countersij;ned hy the Count v 8u})eriwtendent and County
Auditor. (Special Act 1897, H. B. 78, Sec. 2.) That Sec. 8:^ of
j^aid act he amended to read as follows: Sec. 88. It shall be the
duty of the County Auditor upon the presentation of any order
from the Clerk of the B )ard of Trustees of juiy school district in
his county, said order also ])ein": si^-ned by the Chairman of the
^aid Board of Trustees or in his abs3nce bv the other member of
the Board, to draw his w^arrant upon the School Fund standing to
the credit of said district in fav«)r of the person mentioned in the
said order: Prorided, That in case of independent school dis-
trict orders, he shall not draw his warrant, but countersign tlie
w'arrant or order of said district officers: Piovided fitrtJipr,
That the said orders have been countersigned by the County
Superintendent, but in no case shall he issue a warrant, or'
countersign an order for a greater amount than there is cash in
the treasury to the credit of said district.
Sec. 8. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this
act are here])y repealed.
Skc. 5. —Diity of Comity S^fperinteyuient. It shall be tlie
duty of the County Su}>erintendent in each county to keep a
separate account wdth each school district in liis county; to place
*to the credit of each district tlie amount apportioned by him as
provided for in this act; to countersign all legally drawm w^arranls
and orders of the district officers entitled to draw the same; to
enter the same upon his books in proper form, giving, date,
number of such- warrant, or order, to whom drawn, for what pur-
pose, and the amount of the same.
Se(\ 6. — Oollertio'i of Penal Fines. It shall be the duty ( f
the County Superintendent to collect by process of law all penal
fines not paid over by the Justices of the Peace, or other officers
required by law to pay the same into the county treasury; and
the same may l)e collected and recovered ])y action at law', in
which the State of Idaho, by the County Superintendent, is
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plaintiff and the officer neglecting or refusing to pay over said
moneys is defendant.
Sec. 7. — Spp.cinl Tax Levy — D^fty of Assessor. Upon re-
ceiving such statement from the Trustees of any school district
the Assessor must assess upon all property in the district subject
to taxation the tax so levied and certified to him as aforesaid ;
but for that purpose he is not required to take new statements
from the owners of property but his assessment of all special
taxes so levied may be computed and made upon the valuation
of property as fixed by the Board of Equalization for State and
county purposes, and as appears upon the assessment roll in the
same year.
Sec. 8. — Special Tax Levy — A Lien Upon the Property —
Assessor Must Keep Separate List and Get Separate Receipts. Said
special taxes so levied as aforesaid shall become a lien upon the
property so assessed from the date of assessment, and shall be
due and payable at the same time as State and county taxes,
and in all respects are to be collected in the same way, except
that the Assessor must keep a separate list or assessment roll
thereof, and when paid must be named in his receipt to the tax-
payer as a separate item, and he must pay them to the County
Treasurer as he pays other taxes; but at the time of payment he
must specify to the Treasurer what taxes they are, and take a
separate receipt therefor and keep separate accounts thereof.
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Sec. 9. — Special f ax— Compensation of Assessor The
Assessor shall receive two per centum on all such special taxes
so collected by him, having first rendered his account thereto,
and the same being allowed by the Board of County Commission-
ers, and shall be paid out of said special tax.
Sec. 10. — Special Tax — Provision for Blanks — Exemptions
of Independent Districts, . The Board of County Commissioners
shall furnish the Assessor with such blanks as are needed to com-
ply with the provisions hereof. The provision of this act for the
levy and collection of taxes shall not apply to independent dis-
tricts now established, which have special laws for the collection
of school taxes.
Sec 11. — Investment of Funds. Whenever there shall
have accumulated in the hands of the Treasurer of any school
district in this State moneys belonging to said school district to
an amount in excess of the amount which, in the opinion of the
School District Board of said district, shall be necessary for the
necessary current expenses of maintaining the schools in said
district, the same shall be invested by said Board in United
States bonds. State bonds, State warrants or county warrants,
when the market value thereof is not below par. And said Board
shull deposit said securities in some safe deposit, and they shall
there be kept until it shall become necessary to convert the same
into money for school district purposes, to be determined by said
Board.
Sec. 12. — New License Fund — Collection and Payment to
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO. 1»
Treasurer On the first Monday in each month the collector
must return to the Auditor all licenses unsold and be credited
therewith, and must, with the Auditor, appear at the Treasurer's
office and pay into the county treasury ail moneys collected for
licenses sold during the preceding month, take the Treasurer's
receipt therefor and file the duplicate thereof with the Auditor.
The Auditor must credit the collector and charge the Treasurer
therewith.
Sec. 13. — Apportionmevt of the License Money. Fifty per
cent, of all moneys paid for licenses shall be applied to and con-
stitute a part of the School Fund of the school district in which
said licenses are collected, forty per cent, to the General Road
Fund of the county in which said licenses are collected and ten
per cent, shall be paid into the State treasury: Provided, That
forty per cent, of all moneys paid for licenses by applicants
within incorporated towns, cities, and villages^ or cities acting
under special charters shall be paid by the County Treasurer to
the municipal authorities of such town, city, or village for general
revenue purposes of such town, city, or village; fifty per cent, of
said moneys so paid for licenses are to be applied and constitute
a part of the School Fund of the school district in which said
licenses are collected, and ten per cent, shall be paid into the
State treasury.
Sec. 14. — Collector's Report. The Collector shall file with
the Treasurer a statement or report each quarter showing the
amount of licenses collected in each school district, incorporated
town, city, or village, or city acting under special charter.
CHAPTER VIII. — Teachers and Teachers' Institutes.
Section 1. — Registers and Reports. Teachers of the public
schools must be furnished with a school register by the Trustees
of the district, for the purpose of registering the names of their
pupils and their daily attendance at school, and at the close of
the term said register must be delivered to the Clerk of the Board
of Trustees of the district; and the teacher must also be fur-
nished with a blank report by said Trustees, which report said
teacher must fill up according to the heading of same and trans-
mit it to the County Superintendent of the county at the close of
the term; and no teacher shall be allowed an order in excess of
ninety per cent, of his or her salary until said report is made out
and transmitted.
Sec 2. — General Duties. Every teacher in the public schools
may suspend for good cause any pupil and report such suspension
to the Board of Trustees for review. If the action of the teacher
is sustained by the Board, the pupil may be censured and re-
turned to the school or expelled from school as in the judgment
of the Board seems proper, but if not sustained, the teacher may
appeal to the County Superintendent, whose decision shall be
final. Every teacher shall make reports, in addition to those men-
tioned elsewhere in said act, which may be required by the State
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Snjx'i'intendent. County Superintendent, or by tlie school district
Board of Trustees; shall use the text books provided for the
schools of the State; enforce the Course of Studv and the rules
and regulations i)rescribed })y the State Superintendent ; hold
pupils to a strict account lor dis-orderly conduct or improper lan-
guage in and a])out tht^ building, oii the play grounds and on the
way to and from school; shall keej> himself or herself above re-
proach and endeavor to impress upon the minds of the pupils the
princii)le& of truth, justice, morality, patriotism and refinement
and to avoid idlenes^s, falsehood, profanity, vulgarity and intem-
perance; give attention during every school term to the cultiva-
tion or manners, and devote not less than thirtv minutes each
week to the systematic teacliing of kindness of pupils to one
anotiier and toward doau^iic animals and other living creatures.
Sf.(^ 3.-—(^nmpcnsa(ion. No teacher shall 1x3 entitled to or
receive any compensatio-n for the time heor she teaches in any pub-
lic school without a certificate valid or in force for such time in
the county where such sclioo-l is taught, exce}>t that if a teacher's
certifir'ate shall ex[)ire by its own limitation within six weeks of
the close of a term such teachen* mav finish such term without re>
examination or renewal of his or her certificate.
Si^^c. 4. — FrohihifioriH. No books, papers, tracts or docu-
ments of a political, sectarian or denomination" character must
be used or introduced in any school i^stablished under the provis-
ions of this act, and any and every political, sectarian or denom-
inational doctrine is hereby expressly forbidden to be taught
therein ; nor shall any teacher or any district receive any of the
public school moneys in which the 'schools have not been taught
in accordance with the provisions of this act.
Sec. 5. — School Yt^ar and School Month, The school year
within this State shall commence on the first Monday in Septem-
ber in each vear. A school montli is four w^^eks of five school
davs each.
Sp:(\ 6. — School Age Defined, School age as herein used m
defined a& all persons Ixitween the age of iive and twenty-one
vears.
c-
Skc, 1 . — [mtilnte Call Notice, The County Superintendent
of each count v in this State must hold annually a teachers' in-
stitute at such time as he may designate, and such institute must
continue in session not less than five nor more than fifteen days.
He must give at least ten days' notice of the time and place of
■holding such institute by publication in some new^spaper pub-
lished in the county or by a written notice to each qualified
teacher in the county. I'rorided. that two or more adjoining
counties may unite in holding a joint institute under the joint
supervision of the County Suijerintendents of such counties.
Sec. 8. — Imlitutes — Teachers Shall Attend. It is the duty
of all teachers engaged in the county and of all persons holding
certificates, to attend such institute and to participate in the ex-
ercise thereof, and all teachers who may have charge of schools
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at the time of holding the annual institute must adjourn their
schools for the time during which the institute is held. Provided,
that when joint institutes are held in accordance with the provis-
ions of Section ^l* it shall he the dutv of all teachers in said
counties and of all persons holding certificates therein, to attend
such joint institute.
Sec. 9. — Institutes — Adjournrneyit of Schools. All teachers
who may adjourn school for the purpose of attending any annual
county or joint institute must he allowed the same pay while in
actual attendance as when teaching, and tlie County Superintend-
ent must certify to the number of days attendance of each
teacher, and the Trustees of the several districts must count them
as so many days law^fully employed. • •
Sec. 10. — Institvtes — Assistrnits — Provisions for Expense.
The County Superintendent shall procure the services of one or
more competent persons to assist in conducting said institute j
he must also provide a building, lights, stationery, janitor service,
and all tilings necessary for the holding of the institute ; and
must present an itemized account of such expenses not to exceed
one hundred and fifty dollars, exclusive of the amount received
from fees of applicants for teachers' certificates to the Auditor of
his coilnty, and the County Auditor shall issue a warrant in
favor of the County Superintendent e(|ual to the amount of such
expenses. Provided. In case joint institutes are held as pxovided
in Section 7, the County Superintendents of the counties holding
such institutes shall each present an itemized account of such ex-
penses as aforesaid to the Auditor of his county and the expenses
thereof shall be borne equally by such counties, and the County
Auditor shall issue a warrant in favor of the County Superin-
tendent for the part chargeable against such county.
CHAPTER IX.— Free Text Book Law.
An Act to Provide for the Free and Uniform Text Books for the Public Schools
of the State of Idaho.
Be it Enacted by the Legisln.ture of the State of Idaho:
Section 1. The Governor of the State of Idaho is hereby
authorized and empow^ered to appoint five persons, one of whom
shall be the State Sui)erintendent of Public Instruction, and four
of whom shall be educators of the State of" Idaho, who shall con-
stitute a State Board of Text Book Commissioners, and who shall
hold ofhce until they have complied with the duties hereinafter
imposed.
Sec 2. The said Board of Text Book Commissioners shall
meet at the State Capitol, in the Senate chamber, on the first
Monday in May, 1899, for the purpose of selecting and adopting
a uniform series of text books for use in all the public schools of
the State. Said Board shall have power to formulate rules for
its own government and three members shall constitute a quorum.
♦Section 7. Chapter 8.
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Sec.. 3. Immediately upon the approval of tlii& Act, the
iState Superintendent of Public Instruction shall advertise for at
least thirty clay& in two newspapers published in the State, giving
notice that the Text Book Commissiorfers will meet as herein-
before provided y and will consider all offers and proposals for
supplying the State of Idaho with a uniform series of text book&
for use in all public schools of said State for a term of six year&
from and after the first day of September, 1899, in' the following
branches;, to- wit: Spelling, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geog-
laphy, Grammar^ Physiology and Hygiene,. Civil Government,,
History of the United States, and in all other branches taught in
the common, graded, and high schools ol the State. Said pro-
posals shall state the price at which said books will be furnished
free on board the C£fr» at the places designated by the said Com-
mission, Provided, That the price paid for the books so adopted
and used in the public schools shall not exceed the price at which
»«aid books shall be sold by said publishers to other purchaser*
during the existence of their contract with the State.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the said Board of Text
Book Commissioners to meet at the time and place mentioned in
said notice, and to carefully consider all proposals made to them
for the furnishing of the said text books as hereinbefore provided,
and said Board shall select and adopt such text books for use in
all the public schools, as will in their judgment best subserve the
interests and promote the progress of the public schools in the
State. The series of text books so selected and adopted by the said
Board of Text Book Commissioners, shall be certified to by the
Chairman, and said certificate with a copy of all books named
therein, must be placed on file in the office of the State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction. Such certificate must contain a
complete list of all books adopted by the said Board, giving the
price for which each kind and grade of books will be furnished^
and the name and address of the publisher agreeing to furnish
the same. The s^id books named in the said certificate shall for
a period of six years from and after the first day of September,
1899, be used in all the public schools of the State to the exclu-
sion of all others.
Sec. 5. The said Board of Text Book Commissioners shall
have power to make such contracts and agreements with pub-
lishers as they shall deem necessary for the best interests of the
public schools of the State, and shall require of all publishers con-
tracting and agreeing to furnish books adopted by said Commis-
sioners to furnish bonds in double the amount in value of the
books to be furnished, for the faithful performance of the condi-
tions of said contract.
Sec. 6. Immediately after the filing of said certificate in
his office, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall
have prepared printed lists of the text books adopted by said
Board, with the price of each of said books as certified to in said
certificate and shall forward the same to the County Superintend-
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ente of the several counties of the State, who shall immediately
forward one list to each Trustee and to each teacher in his county.
*<
Sec 7. It shall be the duty of all book publishers furnish-
ing books to the State of Idaho under this Act to keep the books
they agree to furnish, on hand at all times at their places of
business.
Sec. 8. Not later than the first Monday in August, 1899,
and at such other times as may be necessary to properly supply
the schools of said district thi Chiairmari o.; each of the several
Boards of Trustees of the county shall forward to the County
Superintendent of his county a list of the kind of books, and the
number of each kind, which will be required to supply the pupils of
the public schools of his district. Immediately upon the receipt of
this requisition from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, 'he
County Superintendent shall order from the nearest book pub-
lisher or publishers furnishing said books designated therein, and
upon receipt of the duplicate bills from said publishers, and upon
comparison with the original bills sent to tlie Trustee or other
person to whom the order was consigned, and after comparing
the same with the pablishad price furnished him by the State
Superintendent as hereinbefore provided, shall order the County
Treasurer to remit the purchased price to the said publishers from
the funds of said district: Provided^ That if the district had no
funds to its credit in the hands of the County Treasurer, then the
said County Treasurer shall at once remit from the Current Ex-
pense Fund of the county, the same to be reimbursed to the
Current Expense Fund of the county, from the funds of the dis-
trict as soon as the amount has been paid into the treasury to
the account of said district. And: Provided, further^ That if
from any cause the accounts are not paid within ninety days, the
same shall draw interest at the rate of seven per cent, per annum
from the date of the shipment of the books to the date of payment.
Sec. 9. The County Superintendent and the County
Treasurer shall each keep an account of all books ordered, show-
ing the number of the district, the number and kind of books, the
date of the order, the place from whence ordered, the date and
the amount of the remittance and such other items as will in
their judgement render the whole transaction easily understood.
Provided, That the Trustees of each district shall determine
whether or not the text books for said district shall be free text
books, and if it shall be determined by said Trustees that said
text books shall not be free then any parent or guardian or other
person having the legal or actual control of a child or children,
shall be required to purchase necessary books for such child or
children from the Trustees of his district at actual cost to t hat
district, and the Trustees shall pay the purchase price back into
the treasury, the same to be placed to the credit of said district:
Provided, That in cases where it is deemed by said Trustees that
any parent or guardian is unable to pay for said text books, the
same may be furnished free.
Sec. 10. The Clerk of the Board of Trustees is hereby
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made the custodian of the text books ])elon,irinjz to tlie di.-trict.
and he shall, on tlu' morning of the o[);'ning of tlie school or prior
tliereto, count out the nnmher of the hooks helonuinu: to the <Hs-
trict, noting carefully the condition of said })ooks, and placing
the same in tlie hands of the leaclier, taking a receipt for the
same and at the end of the term of the school the said Clerk of
the Board of Trustees shall receive the said l)Ooks from the
teacher giving his recei})t for them, and any missing or destroye(l
]>ooks shall be accounted for by the teacher: Froridcd, That
the pupils shall be resj)onsible through his i)arents or guardian,
to the district, if the rcs])onsibility is fixed upon said ])Upil, and:
PrnruJed, fuHhfr, That no one shall })e res})onsihle for the
natural wear and tear of th(» books. In the interim of the sessions
of the school, tlie CMerk of the Board of Trustees shall safely keej)
the books, and use due diligence in their preservation.
Sec. 11. In connection with the text books that shall
have been adopted; the Board of Text Book (Commissioners is
authorized to prejnire spch suggestions and outlines as in their
judgment will be useful to the teachers and schools of the State,
which said suggestions and outlines shall be ])rinted and dis-
tributed to the teacher's and Trustec^s of the State free of charge,
by the State Sujierintendent of Public Instruction. In addition
to the suggestions and outlines hereinabove* mentioned, the State
Superintendent is authorized and it shall be her duty to ])re}iare
and have printed such regulations as she n^ay deeni may be nec-
essary, in reirard to the care and custody of the books, and the
keej)ing of the accounts })etween tlu* districts and tlie several
conijjanies, and such regulations sliall be binding on the County
Treasurer, County Su})(4'intendent, teachers and Trustees.
Sec. 12. The said Board of Text Book (\)mmissioners
shall each receive the sum of six dollars i)er day and in addition
thereto each shall r(H*eive his actual and necessary expenses
while in the discharge of his official duties including the time ac-
tually ajid nec(*ssarily consumed in going to and returning from
the meeting of the commission.
Sp:c. 13. There is hereby appropriated the sum of one
thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
carry out the provisions oi this act.
Sec. 14. All act^. and parts of acts in conflict with this
act are here])y re})ealed.
Sec. lo. Whereas an emergency exists, this act shall take
effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved March 9, 1899. .
CHAPTEll X.— Compulsory EnrcATiON.
Se(\ 1. — Dufu^ of ^'(irentii or Ciurirdians — Frorinn. Ev-
ery parent, guardian or other ])erson in the State of Idaho having
control of a child or children between the* ages of eight and four-
teen years shall be recpiired to send such child or children to a
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public scliool for a period of twelve weeks in each school year, at
least eight weeks of which shall be consecutive, unless such child
or children are excused from such attendance by the Board of
^School Trustees of the school district in which such parents of
guardians reside, upon it being shown to their satisfaction that,
the bodily or mental condition of such children has been such
as to prevent his, her or their attendance at school, or application
at study for the period required, or that such child or childrea
are taught in a private school or at home in such branches as are
usually taught in a primary school, or have already acquired the
•ordinary branches of learning taught in the public schools:
Provided^ In case a public school shall not be taught for a period
of twelve weeks, during the year, within three miles by the near-
•est traveled road of the residence of any such parent or guardian
wthin the school district, he or she shall not be liable to the pro-
visions of this act.
Sec. 2. — Duties of Trustees It shall be the duty of the
Eoard of School Trustees of each district in the State, on or be-
fore the first Monday in September in each year, to furnish the
principal in each public school taught in the district with a list
of all children in the school district between the ages of eight and
fourteen years, said list to be taken from the report of the School
Census Marshal.
Sec. 3. — Duty of Teachers — Monthly Reports. At the be-
ginning of each school month thereafter it shall be the duty of the
principal of each schbol in such district to report to the Board of
School Trustees of such district the names of all children attend*
ing school during the previous school month.
Sec. 4. — Violation of the Law — How Proceedinas are Begun
—Proviso. When it shall appear, at the expiration of three
school months, to the Board of School Trustees that any parent,
guardian or other person having charge or control of any child
or children shall have failed to comply with the provisions of this
act, the Board shall cause dematid to be made upon such parent,
guardian or other person for the amount of the penalty herein-
after provided, when, if such parent, guardian or other person
shall neglect or refuse to pay the same within five days after the
making of said demand, the Board shall commence proceedings
in the name of the school district for the recovery of the fine
hereinafter provided before any court having jurisdiction: Pro-
vided, That nothing in sub-division 1 shall apply to any child
or children who are actually and necessarily compelled to labor
for the support of a parfent or parents.
Sec. 5. — Penalty — Disposal of Fines Arising From Such
Funds, Any parent, guardian or other person having control or
charge of any child or children, failing to comply with the pro-
visions of this act, shall be liable to a fine of not less than five
dollars for the first offense, nor less than ten dollars, nor more
than fifty dollars for the second and each subsequent offense, be-
side the cost of collection. All fines collected under the pro-
visions of this act shall be paid into the county treasury, the
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same to be placed to the credit of the school district collecting the
same.
Sec. 6. — Trustees^ Annual Notice. The Board of School
Trustees in each district shall cause to be posted annually in
three public places in the district notices of the requirements and
penalties of this law.
CHAPTER XI.— School Bonds.
Section 1. — Election — Limit of Issue — Rate of laterest —
Purpose. The Board of School Trustees of any school district
may, whenever a majority so decide, submit to the electors who
are residents, freeholders or heads of families of the district, the
question whether the Board be authorized to issue coupon bonds
to a certain amount, not to exceed four per cent of the taxable
property in said district, and bearing a certain rate of interest,
not exceeding eight per centum per annum, and payable and
redeemable at a certain time, for the purpose of building or
providing a school house in said district with all necessary
furniture, as desks, blackboards, globes, charts, outline maps,
etc., and the Board of School Trustees of any school district,
which has issued bonds for any of the purposes enumerated in
this section, may submit to the electors of such district the ques-
tion whether the Board shall be authorized to issue coupon bonds
to refund or take up any of the bonded indebtedness of such
district, at a rate of interest not exceeding eight per cent, per
annum.
Sec. ^.—Manner of Holding Election. Such elections
must be held in the manner prescribed for elections in this act.
The ballots must contain the words "Bonds Yes" or "Bonds No."
If two-thirds of the votes cast at such election are "Bonds Yes'!
the Board of Trustees must issue such bonds in such forms as the
Board may direct; they must bear the signature of the Chairman
of the Board of Trustees and be countersigned by the Clerk of the
school district, and coupons attached to the bonds must be signed
by said Chairman and said Clerk; and each bond so issued must
be registered by the County Treasurer in a book provided for that
purpose, which must show the number and amount of each bond
and the person to whom the same is issued, and the said bonds
must be sold by the said school Trustees as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 3. — Notice of Sale. The school Trustees must give
notice in some newspaper published in the State, for a period of
not less than four weeks to the effect tha*t said school Trustees
will sell said bonds, briefly describing the same, and stating the
time when, and the place where said sale will take place:
Provided^ That the said bonds must not be sold for less than
their par value, and the Trustees are authorized to reject any bids
and to sell said bonds at private sale if they deem it for the best
interest of the district, and all money arising from the sale of said
bonds must be paid forthwith into the treasury of the county in
which said district may be located, to the credit of said district,
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and the same are immediately available for any of the purposes
authorized by this chapter.
Sec 4. The faith of each school district, is solemnly
pledged for the payment of the interest and the redemption of
the principal of all bonds, which are issued under this act. And
for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this act, each school
district is a body corporate, and may sue and be sued by or in the
name of the Board of School Trustees of said district.
Sec. 5: — fafe'-est — Loaning of Sinking Fand. The school
Trustees of each district must ascertain and levy annually the
tax necessary to pay the interest as it becomes due and a Sinking
Fund to redeem the bonds at their maturity, and said tax is a
lien upon the property of said school district and must be collected
in the same manner as other taxes for school purposes: Provided^
That the said Sinking Fund may, at the discretion of the Board,
be loaned on first mortgage or improved farm lands, but no loan
shall exceed one-third of the market value of the land, exclusive
of the impo^ovements thereon, given as security for such loans.
The annual interest on all loans herein provided for shall be
seven per cent., or may be invested in United States bonds. State
bonds, county or State warrants, when the market value thereof
is not below par, at the discretion of said Board.
Sec. 6. — Redemption, When the sum in the Sinking Fund
equals or exceeds the amount of any bond then due, the County
Treasurer shall post in his office a notice that he will, within
thirty days from the date of such notice, redeem the bonds then
payable, giving the number thereof; and preference must be given
to the oldest issue; and if at the expiration of the said thirty days
the holder or holders of said bonds shall fail or neglect to present
the same for payment, interest thereon must cease; but the
Treasurer shall at all times thereafter be ready to redeem the
same on presentation, and when any bonds are so purchased or
redeemed the County Treasurer must cancel the same by writing
across the face of each bond, in red ink, the word "redeemed,"
and the date of such redemption.
Sec. 7. — County Treasurer Must Fay Interest. The County
Treasurer must pay out of any moneys belonging to a school dis-
trict, the interest upon any bonds issued under this chapter by
such school district when the same becomes due, upon the pre-
sentation at his office of the proper coupon, which must show the
amount due and the number of the bond to which it belonged;
and all coupons so paid must be reported to the school Trustees
at the first meeting thereafter.
Sec. 8. — 'trustees Issue Bonds, The school Trustees of any
district must cause to be printed or lithographed at the lowest
rate, suitable bonds, with the coupons attached, when the same
becomes necessary, and pay therefor out of any moneys in the
county treasury to the credit of the school district.
Sec. 9. — Penalty for Refusing to }*ay. If any of the school
Trustees fraudulently fail or refuse to pay into the county treasury
2gr (jrfcT.NE^KAL scrnaaL Lt\r:?
the money arising from the sale of any bonds provided for hy
this act, they are g.uilty of a felony.
CHAPTER XII. — Independen-t School Districts.
FREE SCHOOLS— INDEPENKNT DISTRICT.
An Act to Amend Section Seventy-eight of an Act Entitled, '^An Act to Establishi
and Maintain a System of Free Schools." Passed by the Second
Session of the Legislature of the State of Idaho.
Be it E-nacted by the LegishUure of the State of Idaho ;
Section 1. — Free Schools — Independent Ditricis. That
Section Seventy-eight [78] of an act of the legislature of the State
©f Idaho entitled^ "An Act to Establish and Maintain a System
of Free Schools," approved March 11, 189^^, be amended so as
to read as- follows: Sec. 78. Whenever any school district,
within this State, as defined by the Board of County Coipamission-
ers, has within its limits taxable property to the amount of one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars or over, as shown by the last
assessment roll for the county, it may be organized iAto an in-
dependent school district upon a vote of one- fifth or over, of those
within the district who are qualified to vote at school elections^
petitioning the said Board for the establishing of such district as an
independent school district, and if a greater number of such quali-
fied voters do not remonstrate against such establishment, the Board
must clearly, by its order of record^ define the boundaries of such
district, if not already done, and within one month, order that the
question of so establishing such independent school district must
be submitted to a vote of all the electors of the district, who^
under the provisions of this act, are authorized to vote for the levy
of taxes and issue of bonds, and must make the necessary ar-
rangements for such election, giving at least twenty days' notice
thereof, and the time and place of holding the same. If a ma-
jority of those so voting, vote in favor of so organizing such
independent district, said Board must make its order of record
and declare such district established, and designate it as the
independent school district, [state name and number of district]
in County, Idaho.
Sec. 2. — Corporate Powers. The district sa established is
constituted a body corporate and succeeds to the title of all
property, rights and privileges, and assumes and must discharge
and pay all debts, obligations and duties belonging to or devolving
upon the old district or districts of which it is so formed and
established, and by its corporate name it may:
First,. Make contracts, sue and be sued.
Second. Take, hold and convey such real and personal
property only as is needed for actual school purposes.
Third. To have a corporate seal.
Fourth. To choose such officers as are herein provided
for.
Sec. 3. — Officers — Trustees — Terms. The officers of such
district consist of a Board oi Trustees, composed of six qualified
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electors, who are resident freeholders within the district. The
first Board of Trustees must be appointed by the Board of County
Commissioners immediately after the district is so established
and hold their offices for terms as follows, to- wit: Two, until the
next school election under the provision hereof; t^ for two, and
two for four years after such election and until their successors
are elected and qualified, and said Board so appointing must,
designate the term of each Trustee so appointed.
Sec. 4. — Election — Time — Notice. There must be an
election for two members of the Board of Trustees to be held on
the first Monday of September following the establishment of
such district, and biennially thereafter an election must be held
to elect two Trustees. The Clerk of the Board must give at least
ten days' notice of the time and place of such election, by publica-
tion in a newspaper, or by three posted notices in the district.
Sec 5. — Qualified EleHors — Judges^ Decision on Tie Vote.
At all elections under this chapter voters must have the same
qualifications prescribed by this title for school elections. At
such elections any person offering to vote may be challenged and
required to take all oaths required of voters at the general
elections in this State; and on refusing to take such oaths must
not be allowed to vote, and the Board of Trustees must appoint
for all such elections two Judges and one Clerk. Voting must be
by ballot, and if upon counting the ballots there is a tie and
three qualified persons have the highest and an equal number of
votes, the Board of Trustees must select two from the three, and
when there is a failure to elect by reason of a tie vote the Board
of Trustees must select.
Sec. 6. — Vacancies. If any Trustee dies, removes from the
district, or ceases to have the qualifications for such office, or from
any cause his office is vacant, or he neglects or refuses to act, or
without excuse ceases to attend the meeting of the Board for four
consecutive regular meetings thereof, his office thereby becomes
vacant, and a majority of said Board of Trustees may appoint
another qualified person to fill his unexpired term.
Sec. 7. — Pecuniary Interest. No Trustee must be interested
in any contract let or made by or with the Board, or with any
officer thereof, or in any supplies furnished to or for said district,
or a surety for the performance of any contract with said Board
or district, or the agent or partner of any contractor with said
Board or district ; and no action can be maintained or recovery
had against said Board or district upon any contract or obliga-
tion in which any Trustee is so interested, but the same is void.
Sec. 8. — Official Oath of Trustees. Each Trustee must be-
fore entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the
official oath, which must be filed with the County School Super-
intendent.
Sec. 9. — Organization of Board of Trustees. Immediately
after the appointment of such Trustees by the Board of County
Commissioners, as above provided, and after such biennial el-
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ection, the Trustees, or a majority thereof^ must meet at the
school house and organize as a Board, and from their number
must select a Chairman, a Clerk and a Treasurer, or they mar
elect as Treasurer some competent or responsible person who is-
not a Trustee*
Seq. 10. — Compensation of Tnistees. No school officer
wha;tever mu&t receive any pay or compensation for his time or
services or. in any way be allowed to make any pecuniary profit
or gain by reason of his office ; and any school officer or person?
who has the custody in any way of any school funds must give-
bonds, with at least two good sureties, in double the amount of
funds likely at any time to be in his custody.
Sec. 11. — Heoidar Meetings — Quf^mm. Regular meetings
®f the* Board of Trustees must be held on the second Mondav of
each month, and special meetings may be called by the Chair-
man of the Board, or by any two Trustees, by personal notice of
the time and place of such meetings to each member of the Board,
or, if he cannot be found, by leaving such notice at his place of
residence with some person of suitable age and discietion. Four
Trustees constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business,
but a less number may adjourn any regular meeting from time
to time, until a quorum can be obtained ; but no meeting of the
Board, not provided for by the rules or by law, is legal unless all
the members thereof have been notified as provided for in this sec-
tion.
Sec. 12, — General Duties and Powers of Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees of said district must have power to and it
is their dutv:
FiRST.-^To make such by-laws for their own government and
for the government of the schools of the district as they may
deem expedient, not inconsisient with the provisions o;f this chap-
ter.
Second. — To employ or discharge teachers, mechanics and la-
borers, and to fix, allow and order paid their salaries and compen-
sation, and to determine the rates of tuition for non-resident pu-
pils.
Third. — ^To levy a special tax if necessary, which when added
to the moneys apportioned by the County Superintendent of
schools, will be sufficient to provide funds for the maintenance
of the schools for nine months in each year ; the special taxes
levied by said Board of Trustees for the payment of interest on
bonds and Sinking Fund, for payment of bonds at maturity, to-
gether with the levy for maintenance of schools, shall not exceed
ten mills on the dollar.
Fourth. — To provide furniture, fixtures and apparatus, and
for everything needed in the school house or for the use of the
board.
Fifth. — To rent, repair and insure school houses and property,
and preserve the same for the benefit of the school of the district.
Sixth. — To build or remove school houses and buildings, and
to purchase or sell school lots.
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Seventh. — ^To suspend or expel pupils from school who refuse
to obey the rules thereof, and to exclude from school, children
binder six years of age.
Eighth. — To determine the number and qualifications ol
teachers who shall be employed and the length of time the school
tshall be kept, to fix. the time for opening or closing of school, anoh
for the dismissal of primary pupils before the regular time of
•closing schools.
Ninth. — To require pupils to be furnished with the nroper and
suitable books as a condition of membership in^ the schools.
Tenth. — To exclude from the schools and the school libraries
of said district all books, tracts, papers and catechisms of a sec-
tarian nature.
Eleventh, — To require teachers to conform to the law and the
regulation of the Board.
Twelfth, — To protect the morals and the health of the pupils
ivhile at school.
Sec. is.-— General Provisiovs, Not Contradictory — Govern
Independent Districts. All the provisions of this act providing
■for a public school system wherein not contradictory to or incon-
sistent with the provisions of this chapter, and which may be
made applicable to the objects thereof, are adopted as part of the
law governing the establishment and management of independent
school districts.
CHAPTER XIII.
Act Authorizing Independent Districts to Issue Bonds,
Sec. 1. — Trvstees May Issue — Purpose — Limit of Issue.
Board of Trustees of any independent school district organized
under any general or special law, may issue negotiable coupon
bonds of their district for the purpose of paying, redeeming or re-
funding the principal of any of the outstanding bonded indebted-
ness of their district, whenever the same can be done to the profit
or Advantage of their district, and without the district incurring
any additional indebtedness or liability exceeding in any year
the income or revenue provided for such year.
Sec. 2. — Bonds — Description of. — Said bonds must bear in-
terest at not exceeding six per centum per annum, payable semi-
annually, at the office of the Treasurer of the district, or at such
banking house in the city of New York as may be designated by
the Board of Trustees ; and the principal of said bonds, or any
part thereof, may, at the option of the district, be paid at any
time after ten years, and must be paid within twenty years,
from the time they are issued, and in the order in which they
are issued and numbered.
Semi-annual interest coupons, covering the interest to grow
due, must be attached to each bond ; the bonds must be signed by
the presiding officer of the Board and attested to by its Secretary
and the seall of the district, if it have a seal, and • the coupons
must be signed and the bonds registered by the Treasurer of the
Board.
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Sec. 3. — Bonds — valve nf — Applirafion of Proceeds. —
No bond shall be sold at less than its par value, and the proceeds
thereof must be devoted to the payment, redemption or refunding
of the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the district.
Sec. 4. — Election to Issve Bovds for Btiilding, Improving,
Etc, The Board of Trustees of any such independent district
may, whenever two-thirds of the Board so decide, submit to the
qualified electors of the district, at an election to be held for that
purpose, and to be called and conducted as other school elections
in said district, the question whether the Board shall be author-
ized to issue the negotiable coupon bonds of the district in an
amount to be mentioned in the notice of election, for the pur-
poses of providing and improving school houses and grounds and
furniture, apparatus, and fixtures for said district, or for any or
either of said purposes ; and if at such election two- thirds of the
qualified electors of said district voting at said election assent
thereto, the Board of Trustees may issue such bonds of the dis-
trict to the amount and for the purpose designated in said notice;
which bonds shall be in all respects similar to, and shall be
be signed, negotiated, registered, bear interest, and be made pay-
able as provided in the last preceding section ; and no bond shall
be sold for less than its par value ; and the proceeds thereof must
be devoted to the purposes mentioned in said notice.
Sec. 5. — Special Tax for I aterest — Slaking Fund and Rp
demptioT), The Board of Trustees of any such district that has
issued bonds under either of the last two preceding sections must
annually levy upon all the taxable property of the district, in
addition to other authorized taxes, a tax sufficient to pay the in-
terest on all bonds so issued as it falls due, and also to constitute
a Sinking Fund for the payment of the principal thereof within
twenty years from the time the bonds are issued ; which taxes
shall be levied, assessed, collected and paid over as other taxes
are levied, assessed, collected and paid over, in the district, and
shall be devoted to the payment of the principal and interest of
said bonds only; and the accumulated Sinking Fund may be used
for the redemption of said bonds at any time after ten years from
the date of their issue. Approved March 6, A. D., 1891.
Sec. 6. Whereas an emergeny exists, therefor, this act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
CHAPTER XIV.
An Act to Validate and Legalize State, County, School, Municipal or Other Bonds Issued
Under Acts of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Sessions of the
Legislature of the State of Idaho.
Be it Enacted hy the Legislature (>f the Stati' of Idaho:
Section 1. All bonds heretofore duly issued under, in
pursuance or by virtue of, and in accordance with, the provisions
of any Act of the first, second, third or fourth sessions of the
Legislature of the State of Idaho are hereby declared to be good,
valid and binding obligations, any question as to the manner of
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the passage of any such Act or Acts notwithstanding; and their
validity shall not be questioned in any court.
Sec. 2, Whereas an emergency exists therefor this Act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved March 6, 1899,
CHAPTER XV,
A Joint ResoiHtion to Submit to the Electors of the State of Idaho for Rejection or Approval*
an Amendment to Section Eleven of Article Nine, of the Constitution of the
State of Idaho, Relating to investing of Public School Fund.
Be it Resolved by the.Legislatue ot the State of Idaho'.
Section 1. That Section Eleven of Article Nine of the
'Constitution of the State of Idaho be amended to read as follows:
Section 11, The permanent educational funds other than
funds arising from the disposition of University lands belonging
to the State, shall be loaned on first mortgage on improved farria
lands within the State; State, United States, or school district
bonds, or State warrants, under such regulations as the Legisla-
ture may provide: Fromde I, That no loan shall be made of any
amount of money exceeding one-third of the market value of the
lands at the time of the loan, exclusive of the buildings.
Sec, 2. The question to be submitted to the electors of the
State, at the next general election shall be in form as follows, to-
wit: "Shall Section 11 of Article Nine of the Constitution of the
State of Idaho be amended to enlarge the powers of the State
Board of Land Commissioners, in loaning school money."
CHAPTER XVI.— Education of Deaf, Dumb and Blind.
Section 1. — Annual Appropriation. There is hereby ap-
propriated, annually, the sum of six thousand (6,000) dollars or so
muchthereof asmay be necessary for the education of the deaf, dumb
and blind of this State, under the direction of the State Board of
Education, and the Treasurer shall pay the same on the warrant of
the Auditor for that purpose.
Sec 2. — Contract for Tuition. The said Board of Educa-
tion shall enter into contract with some one of the adjacent States
or Territories having an institution for the education of the deaf,
dumb and blind of the State of Idaho upon the most economical
terms possible.
Sec 3. — Duty of the Board of Education to Ascertain Pupils
Eligible. It shall be the duty of the Board of Education to
ascertain the number of deaf, dumb and blind in the State of
school age and of sound mind and body, whose parents are not
able to provide for their education, and as soon as practicable
thereafter take*the necessary steps for their education as provid-
ed for in Section 2 of this act.
Sec 4 — Payment of Tuition — Rate. The State or Territory
in which such institution for the education of the deaf, dumb
and blind is located, as designated by the said Board of Educa-
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tion, shall be paid from the appropriation made in section 1, of
this act, of the rate of not to exceed three hundred dollars a year
for each scholar's instruction and board, including board during
vacation, on the certificate of the State Board of Education to be
furnished to the State Auditor.
Sec. 5. — -Exnrnination of Applicants — Contingent Expenses.
The State Board of Education is authorized to provide for the
-careful examination of all applicants for admission to the insti-
tution designated, and to audit and certify to the State Auditor
all accounts for the expenses of designating said institution and
conducting examinations, and all contingent expenses attending
the same, and the accounts thereof shall be paid from the appro-
priation for this purpose made in Section 1 of this act.
Sec. 6. — Emergency Clause — In Approval. This act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval,
an emergency existing therefor.
Approved March 14, A. D., 1891.
CHAPTER XVII.
An Act to Provide for taking the Census of the Deaf and Blind Children of
School Age and Defining who are Deaf and Blind.
Be it Enacted hy the Legislature of the Statr, of Idaho:
Section 1. It is hereby made the duty of the Census
Marshal of each school district in the State of Idaho, when he
shall enumerate the children of school age in his district, to care-
fully ascertain what children in that district are deaf or blind as
defined in Section 2 of this Act, and he shall note the name, age,
and sex of such child or children, also the names of parents or
guardian or other person having the legal or actual charge of
such child or children, and shall report the same to the County
Superintendent of Public Instruction, and said County Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction shall include these items in his
annual report to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Sec 2. All children between the ages of six and twenty-
four years, who are too deaf or too blind to be educated in our
public schools shall be deemed deaf and blind for the purposes of
this Act.
Sec 3. Whereas an emergency exists, therefore, this Act
fihall be in force from and after its passage.
Approved March 13, 1899.
CHAPTER XVIII. — Act to Encourage Arborculture.
Section 1. — Designation of Arbor Day. The Friday follow-
ing the first day of May in each year shall hereafter be known
throughout this State as Arbor day.
Sec 2. — Schools Shall Observe the Day — Manner — Purpose.
It shall be the duty of the authorities of every public school in
this State to assemble the scholars in their charge on that day in
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the school building or elsewhere, as they may deem proper, and
to provide for and conduct, under the general supervision of the
County Superintendents of Public Instruction, such exercises as
shall tend to encourage the planting, protection and preservation
of trees and shrubs, and an acquaintance with the best methods
to be adopted to accomplish sudh results.
Sec. 3. — Program of Exercises. The State Superintendent
of Public Instruction shall have power to prescribe from time to
time in writing a course of exercises in instructions in the subject
hereinbefore mentioned, which shall be adopted and observed by
the school authorities on Arbor Day, and upon receipt of copies
of such course, sufficient in number to supply all the schools
under their, supervision, the County Superintendent of Public In-
struction aforesaid shall promptly provide each of the schools
under his charge with a copy, and cause it to be adopted and
observed.
Sec. 4. — Em,ergericy Clause, This Act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and approval, an emergency
existing therefor.
Sec. 5. — Repealing Clause, All Acts and parts of Acts in-
consistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
CHAPTER XIX.
An Act to Prevent the Spread of Contagious Diseases*
Be it Er) acted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho;
Section 1. The owner, or agent of the owner, of a house in
which a person resides who has the small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet
fever or any other contagious or infectious disease, dangerous to
the public health, and the physician called to attend the person
or persons so affected sl^all, within twenty-four hours after be-
coming cognizant of the fact, give notice thereof to the Clerk of
the Board of Trustees of the school district in which said person
so afflicted resides, and said person so afflicted shall be kept away
and apart from all other persons except those whose presence
may be necessary to the physical or spiritual wellbeing of such
person or persons.
Sec. 2. The school Trustees of the various school districts
in the State, shall not allow any pupil to attend the public
schools while any member of the household to which such pupil
belongs is sick of small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or other con-
tagious or infectious disease, dangerous to the public health, or
during the period of two weeks after the deathj recovery or re-
moval of such sick person; and any pupil coming from such
household shall be required to present, to the teacher of the
school the pupil desires to attend, a certificate, from the attend-
ing physician, of the facts necessary to entitle him to admission
in accordance with « he above regulations.
Sec. 3. Whenever any text-book or books, belonging to
any school district, shall be in any house during the time that
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pupils residing" in such hause are prevented frofn* attending the
public school in accordance with the pro^visions of this Act, such
book or books shall not be returned to such public school until
the same shall have been thoroughly di&infected under the direc-
tion of the attending physician, who* shall c*ertify the same to the
teacher of said school, or to the Clerk of the Board of Trustees in
case the school is not in session at &ucb time.
Sec. 4. Any school Trustees or other person violating:
any of the provisions of thi» Act a^hall be deen^ed guilty of a mis-
demeanor.
Sec. 5. Wberea» an emergency exists therefor, this Act
shall be enforced from and after it& passage.
Approved March 13, 1899. >
CHAPTER XX.— University of Idaho.
Section 1, — Location There is hereby established in this
State at the town of Moscow, in the County of Latah, an in-
jstitution of learning by the name and style of the ''University of
Idaho."
Sec. 2. The government of the University shall vest in a
Board of Regents to consist of nine members chosen from the
State at large, which board the Governor shall nominate, and
with advice and consent of the Senate, appoint. The term of
office of said Regents shall be six years from the first Monday in
February in the year in which appointed. Provided, That the
Regents appointed in the year 1899 shall hold their offices during
the following periods: Three shall be appointed for a term of
two years, three shall be appointed for a term of four years, and
three shall be appointed for a term of six years. The Governor
shall have power to fill vacancies in the Board by appointment,
which appointment shall be valid until the last day of the regular
session of the Legislature following such appointment.
Sec. 3. — Board of Rp.qents a Body Corporate — Organization
—Duties of Officers, The Board of Regents and their successors
in office shall constitute a body corp3rate by th3 name of "The
Regents of the University of Idaho," and shall possess all the
powers necessaCry or convenient to accomplish the objects and
perform the duties prescribed by law, and shall have the custody
of the books, records, buildings and other property of said Uni-
versity. The Board shall elect a President, Secretary and Treas-
urer, who shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the
by-laws of the Board. The Secretary shall keep a faithful record
of all the transactions of the Board and of the Executive Com-
mittee thereof. The Treasurer shall perform all the duties of such
office, subject to such regulations as the Board may adopt, and
for the faithful discharge of all his duties shall execute a bond in
such sum as the Board may direct.
Sec. 4. — Elections and Annual Meetings Fixed by By-
Laws — Quorum. The time of the election of the President,
Secretary and Treasurer of said Board, and the duration of their
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respective terms of office, and the times for holding the regular
annual meeting and such other meetings as may be required, and
the manner of notifying the same shall be determined by the by-
laws of the Board. A majority of the Board shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may
adjourn from tinie to time.
Sec. 5. — Board of Regents — General Duties, The Board
of Regents shall enact laws for the government of the University
in all its branches, elect a President and the requisite number of
professors, instructors, officers and employees, and fix the salaries
and the term of office of each, and determine the moral and
educational qualifications of applicants for, admission to the var-
ious Courses of Instruction; but no instruction, either sectarian
in religion or partisan in politics shall ever be allowed in any
department of the University, and no sectarian or partisan test
shall ever be allowed or exercised in the appointment of Regents
or in the election of professors, teachers or other officers of the
University, or in the admission of students thereto, or for any
purpose whatever. The Board of Regents shall have power to re-
move the President, or any professor, instructor or officer of the
University, when, in their judgment, the interests of the Uni-
versity require it. The Board may prescribe rules and regulations
for the management of the libraries, cabinet, museum, laboratories
and all other property of the University and of its several depart-
ments, and for the care and preservation thereof, with penalties
and forfeitures, by way of damages, for their violation, which may
be sued for and collected in the name of the Board before any court
having jurisdiction of such action.
Sec. 6. — Power to Expend Income, The Board of Regents
are authorized to expend such portion of the income of the Uni-^
versity Fund hereinafter created as they may deem expedient for
the erection of suitable buildings and the purchase of apparatus,
a library, cabinets and additions thereto.
Sec. 7. — Annual report of Regents At the close of each^
fiscal year, the Regents, through their President, shall make a
report in detail to the Governor, exhibiting the progress, condi-
tions and wants of the University, the Course of Study, the num-
ber of professors and students, the amount of receipts and dis-
bursements, together with the nature, costs and results of all im-
portant investigations and experiments, and such other inform-
ation as they may deem important.
Sec. 8. — Duties of the President. The President of the Uni-
versity shall be President of the Faculty or of the several facul-
ties as they may be hereafter established and the executive head
of the instructional force in all its departments; as such, he shall
have authority, subject to the Board of Regents, to give general
direction to the instruction and scientific investigation of the
University, and so long as the interests of the institution require
it, he shall be charged with the duties of one of the professor-
ships.
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Sec. 9. — G vernment of the University. The iminediate
government of the University shall be entrusted to the Faculty^
but the Regents shall have the power to regulate the Course of In-
struction and prescribe the books or works to be used in the sev-
eral courses, and also to confer such degrees and grant such di-
plomas as are usual in universities, or as they shall deem appro-
priate, and to confer upon the Faculty by by-laws the power to*
suspend or expel students for misconduct or other cause pre-
scribed by such by-laws.
Sec. 10. — Object of the University. The object of the Uni-
versity of Idaho shall be to provide the meana of acquiring a
thorough knowledge of the various branches of learning con-
nected with scientific, industrial and professional pursuits, and
to this end it shall consist of the following colleges or depart-
ments, to-wit:
First, The college or department of arts-
Second. The college or department of letters.
Third, The professional or other colleges or departments as
may from time to time be added thereto or connected therewith,
»
Sec. 11. — Courses of Instmction. The college or depart-
ment of arts shall embrace courses of instruction in mathemate-
cal, physical and natural sciences, with their application to the
industrial arts, such as agricultural, mechanics, engineering,
mining and metallurgy, manufacturers, architecture and com-
merce in such branches included in the college of letters as shall
be necessary to a proper fitness of the pupils in the scientific and
practical courses for their chosen pursuits ; and, as soon as the
income of the University will allow, in such order as the want&
of the public shall seem to require, the said course in the sciences
and their application to the practical arts shall be expanded into
distinct colleges of the University, each with its own faculty and
appropriate title. The college of letters shall be co-existent with
the college of arts, and shall embrace a liberal course of instruc-
tion in language, literature and physiology, together with such
courses or parts of courses in the college of arts as the Regents of
the University shall prescribe.
Sec. 12. — Who May be Students. The University shall
be open to female as well as male students, under such regula-
tions and restrictions as the Board of Regents may deem proper.
Sec. 13. — Tuition. No student who shall have been a
resident of the State for one year next preceding his admission
shall be required to pay any fees for tuition in the University, ex-
cept in a professional department and for the extra studies. The
Regents may prescribe rates of tuition for any ,pupil in a profes-
sional department, or who shall not have been a resident as
aforesaid, and for teaching extra studies.
Sec. 14. — Board of Regents — Organization. The Board of
Regents herein provided for shall be appointed immediately after
this act becomes a law ; and within ninety days after the ap-
pointment of said Regents the Board shall meet at Boise City and
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«lect a President, Secretary and Treasurer thereof, and shall at
€aid meeting adopt by-laws for the government of said Board and
the officers chosen by virtue of this act.
Sec. 15. — Special Appropriations. — How Expended. The
sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars is hereby appropriated out of
any money in the state treasury of Idaho, not otherwise appro-
priated, and the State Auditor is hereby authorized to draw his
warrant on the State Treasurer for said amount, and the State
Treasurer is hereby directed and commanded to pay the same, as
hereinafter provided, which money shall be expended for the fol-
lowing purposes, to wit:
First. The purchase of a site or grounds for said Uni-
versity, said location to consist of not less than ten nor more
than twenty acres of ground, and for the improvement of the
same, and for keeping the same in repair.
Second, To advertise for and obtain plans and specifica-
tions for a University building under such rules and regulations
as the Board may impose.
Third. For the payment of the necessary expense of said
Eoard, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 16. — Executive Committee. The President and Secre-
tary ex-officio, and one member of the Board to be appointed by
the President thereof, shall constitute an Executive Committee of
said Board, whose duties shall be prescribed by the by-laws of
the Board.
Sec. 17. — Transfer of Appropriations, Upon executing and
filing with the State Treasurer a good and sufficient bond, in
whatever sum the Board of Regents shall direct, provided said
bond shall have been first approved by the State Attorney Gen-
eral, the State Treasurer shall pay over to the Treasurer of the
Board the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
may be available; and in the event said sum is not paid in full
upon the execution and delivery of said bond as aforesaid, then
the remainder of said bond shall be transferred to the Treasurer
of said Board as speedily as the fund shall accumulate therefor.
Sec 18. — Expenditvre of Funds, The Treasurer of said
Board shall, out of any moneys in his hands belonging to said
Board, pay all orders drawn upon him by the President and
Secretary thereof, when accompanied by vouchers fully explaining
the character of the expenditure, and the books and account of
the Treasurer shall at all times be open to the inspection of the
Board. The Treasurer shall make an annual report to the Pres-
ident of the Board of all transactions connected with the duties
of his office.
Sec. 19. — University Tax Levy. There shall be levied and col-
lected annually a State tax of three-quarters of a mill for each dollar
of the assessed valuation of taxable property of the State of Idaho,
which amount, when so levied and collected, shall be appropriated
to a University Building Fund, to remain in the treasury subject
to ,the order of the Board of Regents; but in no event shall
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Haid Board appropriate the fund thus collected, or any portion
thereof, to any purpose other than that for which said fund was
provided: and, Provided, further, That said tax shall not be
levied and collected for a longer period than four years from the
date hereof. — [As amended by the act of 1891.]
Sec. 20. — Regents — Compensation, for Expenses. The Re-
gents shall receive the actual amount of their expense in travel-
ing to and from and in attendance upon all meetings of the
Board, or incurred in the performance of any duty in pursuance
of any direction of the Board; accounts of such expenses shall be
duly authenticated and audited by the Board and be paid on
their order by the Treasurer out of any funds belonging to the
University not otherwise appropriated; no Regent shall receive
any pay, mileage or per diem except as above prescribed.
Sec. 21. — Date of Fossa ae and Apf^oval. This Act shall
take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved January 30, 1889.
•An Act to Provide for the Issue of State Bonds for the Construction, Improve-
ment and Furnishing of the Public Buildings of the State, and the
Improvement of the Grounds Adjacent Thereto, and
Creating a Sinking Fund and Providing
for Its Investment.
Be it Enacted by the Legisbdure of the State of Idaho;
Section 1. That for the purpose of providing money for
the finishing and furnishing the State University of Idaho, im-
proving the Idaho State Penitentiary, building and furnishing a
hospital and other improvements for the Soldiers' Home, and re-
pairing and improving the Capitol building, a loan of Forty-nine
Thousand ($49,000) dollars is hereby authorized to be negotiated
by a Board, consisting of the Governor, Treasurer, Secre^tary of
State and Attorney General of the State of Idaho, on the faith
and credit of the State of Idaho. The Treasurer of the State is
hereby authorized, empowered and directed immediately on the
passage of this act to issue forty-nine (49) bonds of the State of
Idaho, to be known as Idaho Improvement Bonds, in the sum of
One Thousand ($1000) Dollars each, payable in twenty years
from the date of their issuance, to bear interest at the rate of five
(5) per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually on the first day
of January and July of each year, at a bank in the city of New
York to be selected by the State Treasurer ; Provided, that said
bonds shall be redeemable at the option of the State of Idaho at
any time after the expiration of ten years from their date of is-
euacne, and said bonds shall be plainly numbered from one (1)
to forty-nine (49) consecutively. Provided, that the State Board
of Land Commissioners is hereby authorized and directed to in-
vest any and all moneys in the General School Fund of the State
in the bonds authorized by this act, at their par value ; the re-
mainder of the issue to be negotiated by sale to the highest re-
sponsible bidder.
Sec. 2 The State Treasurer is hereby authorized, empow-
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tered and directed to cause to be printed or lithographed suitable
bonds in proper form, with coupons attached, for the purpose of
this act. All such bonds shall be signed by the Secretary of
^tate with his own proper name, affixing his official character,
and shall. be authenticated by the great seal of the State, and
^shall also be signed or endorsed by the Governor of the State
with his own proper nama, affixing his official character, and
shall then be delivered by the Secretary of State to the Auditor,
who shall make and keep a register of such bonds, showing the
number and amount of each bond, and then deliver the said
bonds to the State Treasurer, and charge the State Treasurer on
the books of the Auditor's office with the full amount of such
bonds.
Sec. 3. At the time of issuing of said bonds under the
provisions of this Act, the State Treasurer shall sign them with
liis own proper name, affixing his official character, and shall in
like manner sign the coupons thereunto attached, and such sign-
ing shall bind the State. The coupons for the payment of interest
shall be attached to said bonds in such manner that they may be
taken off, without injuring or mutilating the bonds, and shall be
severally numbered from one (1) to forty-nine (49), inclusive,
each bearing the correspondino; number of the bond to which it is
attached. The Treasurer shall keep a register of all the bonds
issued by him, showing the date of issuance, and shall deliver
said bonds, with coupons attached as aforesaid, to the purchaser
or purchasers upon the receipt of the purchase money therefor;
and the money received from the sale of said bonds shall be by
said Treasurer placed in certain funds hereinafter named, as here-
inafter provided, none of said bonds, however, shall be sold for
less than their face or par value. The expense of printing or
lithographing and procuring said bonds with coupons attached
shall be paid out of the fund arisin:; from the sale of th3 bonds, a
proportionate amount being paid from each fund hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 4. For the purpose of creating a fund to pay the
interest coupons and the principal of said bonds, the State Treas-
urer is hereby empowered and directed, from and after the passage
of this Act, to set apart one-half of all moneys that shall be re-
ceived by him on account of licenses of every kind and descrip-
tion collected under the revenue laws of the State, and the same
shall constitute a separate and distinct fund, to be known as the
State Improvement Fund. And the State Treasurer shall pay
the interest on said bonds, when due, out of said fund, taking the
coupons as his vouchers therefor. And after the expiration of
ten (10) years from the issuance of any of said bonds, whenever
there shall be five thousand ($5000) dollars or more in said fund,
provided for in this section, over and above the amount required
for the payment of interest coupons due, or to become due within
the next ensuing six months, the Treasurer shall use such surplus
money in the redemption of said bonds according to the number
and date of their issue, of which the Treasurer shall give notice
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hv pnblication once in a week in gome newspaper published in
the county of Ada, and from the date of the last publicati».»n of
such notice, the bonds proposeti to be redeemed shall cease to
draw interest: and if any such Ijonls shall not be presenter! with-
in sixty days from the date of the last publication of suuh nt^tiee.
the Treasurer shall apply the money for the re^Jemption of bt^nds
next in order of the num^ier and dnte of their issue.
Sec. 5. If at any time there shall not be sufficient moneys
in said State Improvement Fund to pay the interest coupons or the
principal of such bonds when due. the State Treasurer shall pay
the same out of the General Fund of the State, and shall replac*-
the amount so paid out of the fund last named whenever moneys
derive<^l from licenses shall be received.
Sec. 6. At any time prior to the time when the bonds
]>rovided in Section one [1] of this act shall become subject to re-
demption, as provided by this act. the amount of money in tht^
Sinking Fund provided for by Section four (4) of this act shall
exceed the amount require! f jr the payment of interest coupons
of such bonds due. or to become due within the next ensuinir
twelve months, the State Treasurer shall use such surplus in
payment of any warrant drawn upon him by the State Auditor,
and presented for payment and not paid for want of money in
the fund upon which they are drawn properly applicalde thereto,
and shall register and endorse such warrants, as provided by
Section two hundred and thirty-eight (238) of the Revised Stat-
utes, and place the same, so endorsed, to the credit of the Sinkini:
Fund aforesaid; and such warrants shall bear interest and be
payable in due course as other outstanding warrants, and. when
paid, the interest and principal thereof shall belong to the Sink-
ing Fund aforesaid, and shall be in like manner reinvested until
said bonds become redeemable as aforesaid.
Sec. 7. When the money arising from the sale of said im-
provement bonds is received by the State Treasurer, he shall no-
tifv the State Auditor of the amount of monev so receiveil, and
the State Auditor shall thereupon credit the Treasurer's account
with the amount of bonds sold and proceed to apportion the
money so received to the funds following which are hereby cre-
ated, to- wit: Fourteen thousand (114,000) dollars to the Univer-
sity Improvement Fund, and twenty-six thousand (126.000) dol-
lars to the Penitentiary Improvement Fund, and three thousand
($3,000) dollars to the Soldiers' Improvement Fund, and six
thousand ($6,000) dollars to the Capitol Building Improvement
Fund. Should such bonds be sold for more than their face or par
value, the premium thereon shall be apportioned to the funds by
this section created in proportional amounts.
Sec. 8. All moneys paid or to be paid into the funds
above described [Section 7,] are hereby appropriated for the uses
and purposes in this Act provided. Fourteen thousand [$14,000]
dollars shall be paid out for expenses incurred in finishing and
furnishing the State University of Idaho. Twenty-six thousand
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($26,000) dollars shall be paid out for expenses incurred in im-
proving the Idaho State Penitentiary, and three thousand ($3,000)
dollars shall be paid out for expenses incurred in building and
furnishing a hospital and improving the Soldiers^ Home, and Six
thousand ($6,000) dollars shall be paid for expenses incurred in
repairs and improving the Capitol building.
Sec. 9. No contract or award or understanding for repairs
or improvements for the different institutions mentioned in this
Act shall be made or entered into by the various governing
Boards of the institutions herein mentioned, unless the same shall
have been submitted to and approved by the Chairman of the
State Board of Examiners, and at least one of the other members
of said Board of Examiners.
Sec. 10. Moneys in the University Improvement Fund, the
Penitentiary Improvement Fund, the Soldiers' Home Improve-
ment Fund, and the Capitol Building Improvement Fund, shall
be drawn therefrom only upon warrants issued by the State Aud-
itor upon certificates signed by the Secretary and President, or
Secretary and Chairman, of the several Boards of Regents, or
Commissioners, or Trustees, of the different institutions, duly ap-
proved by the State Board of Examiners.
Sec. 11. This Act shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage, an emergency existing therefor.
Approved, March 9, 1899.
CHAPTER XXI. — Lewiston State Normal School.
Section. 1. — Location — Purpose of School — Proviso. That
a Normal School for the State of Idaho is hereby established in
the city of Lewiston, in the County of Nez Perce, to be called the
"Lewiston State Normal School," the purpose of which shall be
for training and educating teachers in the art of instruction and
governing in the public schools of this State, and of teaching the
various branches that pertain to a good common school education:
Provided, That the Mayor and city council of the said city of
Lewiston shall prior to the first day of May, eighteen hundred
and ninety-three, donate to the Board of Trustees hereinafter
named, as a site for the use of the said Lewiston State Normal
School, ten acres of land, within the limits of the said city of
Lewiston, known and described as a part of the City Park of
Lewiston, and shall convey the same by a good and perfect title
in fee simple to said Board of Trustees, who are hereby authorized
and empowered to receive and hold the same, and the title there-
to, in trust and for the use of the Lewiston State Normal School.
And the Mayor and city council of the said city of Lewiston are
hereby authorized and empowered to convey said site of ten
acres to the said Board of Trustees as aforesaid.
Sec. 2. The said Lewiston State Normal School shall be
under the direction of a Board of Trustees to be known as "The
Board of Trustees of the Lewiston State Normal School." The
said Board of Trustees shall consist of six members, to-wit: B.
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F. Morris and C W. Shaff, who shall hold their termff of office
until January 27^ A. D., 1901; Jno. P. VoUmerand Geo. E. Erb,,
who shall hold their terms of office until January 27 ^ A. D.,
1903; and James W. Reid and James W. Poe, who shall hold
theirtermsoiofficeuntil January 27 A,D., 1905, and their successors
shall he appointed for the term of six years by the GoYcrnor of the-
State of Idaho, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Before entering upon the duties of his office, each of said Trustees
shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before some per-
son duly authorized to administer the same, that he will support
the constitution of the United States and the State of Idaho, and
will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of the office of
Trustee of the Lewiston State Normal School, which oath or
affirmation shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
Sec. 3. — Orqanizatinn — Quorum — Etc. The said Board of
Trustees may conduct its proceedings in such manner as will best
conduce to the proper dispatch of business. A majority of the
Board of Trustee* shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business but a less number may adjourn from time to time. No
member of said Board of Trustees shall participate in any pro-
ceedings in which he has any pecuniary interest. Every vote and
official act of the said Board of Trusteea shall be entered on
record. Said Board of Trustees shall have an official seal, which
shall be judicially noticed. Said Board of Trustees may sue and
be sued. No Vacancy in the Board of Trustees shall impare the
right of the remaining Trustees lo exercise all the powers of the
said Board of Trustees. At their first meeting, and annually
thereafter, the said Board of Trustees shall elect from their num-
ber a President and a secretary. The State Treasurer shall be
ex-officio Treasurer of the said Board of Trustees. It shall be the
duty of the Secretary to keep an exact and detailed account of
the doings of said Board, and itemized account of all expenditures
authorized by said Board.
Sec. 4. — General Powers and Duties of Trustees. The said
Board of Trustees are hereby authorized, and it i6 made their
duty, to take and at all times to have general supervision and
control of all buildings and property appertaining to said Normal
School, and to have general charge and control of the construction
of all buildings to be built. They shall have power to let con-
tracts for buildings and completion of any such buildings, and the
entire supervision of their construction.
Sec. 5. — Funds — How Expended — Proviso. One half of all
funds appropriated for the use and benefit of Normal Schools in
the State of Idaho, for the establishment and maintenance of
State Normal Schools, shall be under the direction and control
of said Board of Trustees subject to the provisions herein con-
tained. The Treasurer of the Board shall pay out of such funds
all orders or drafts for money to be expended under the provisions
of this Act. Such orders or drafts to be drawn by the State
Auditor on certificates of the Secretary countersigned by the
President of the said Board of Trustees. No such certificates
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shall be given except upon accounts audited and allowed by said
Board: Provided, The Board of Trustees of said Lewiston State
Normal School may use all the funds in the State treasury arising
from the sale of any part of said lands, until such time as another
State Normal School shall be established: and, Provided, further,
Not more than fiftji thousand (50,000) acres of said lands sh^ll
ever be sold for said pupose of establishing and maintaining the
Lewiston State Normal School, and said Board of Trustees shall
never use more of said funds than necessary for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of this act.
Sec. 6. — Regvlar Meetings. The Board of Trustees shall
hold two regular meetings annually at the said city of Lewiston,
but special meetings may be called b}'^ the President of the Board
by sending written notice at least ten days before such meeting to
each member.
Sec. 7. — Election of Teachers — Salaries — Removals. The
Board of Trustees shall have power to elect a principal and other
teachers that may be deemed necessary, to fix the salaries of the
same and to prescribe their duties. They shall have power to re-
move either the principal, assistant or teachers and appoint others
in their stead.
Sec. 8. — Course of Study. It shall be the duty of the
Board of Trustees to prescribe the Course of Study, and the time
and standard of graduation, and to issue such certificates and
diplomas as may from time to time be deemed suitable. These
certificates and diplomas shall entitle the holder to teach in the
public schools of any county in the State for the time and in the
grade specified in the certificate or diploma.
Sec. 9. — Text Books, Apparatus and Furniture. The Board
of Trustees shall prescribe the text books, apparatus and furni-
ture, and provide the same together with all necessary stationery
for the use of the pupils.
Sec. 10. — Training or Model Schools. The Board of Trustees
shall, when deemed expedient, establish and maintain a training
or model school or schools; in which the pupils of the Normal
School shall be required to instruct classes under the supervision
and direction of experienced teachers.
Sec 11. — Rules and Regulations. The Board of Trustees
shall ordain such rules and regulations for the admission of pu-
pils to said Normal School as they shall deem necessary and
proper. All classes may be admitted into the said Normal
School who are admitted without restriction into the public
schools of the State. }*'>'ovided. The applicant, if a male, must be
not less than sixteen years of age, or if a female, not less than
fifteen years of age. Applicants must also present letters of rec-
ommendation from the County Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion of the county in which they reside, certifying to their good
moral character, and their fitness to enter the Normal School.
Before entering all applicants must sign the following declaration:
"We hereby declare that our purpose in entering the Lewiston
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State Normal School is to fit ourselves for the profession of teacFr-
ing, and that it is our intention to engage in teaching in the pub-
Tic schools of this State."
Sec. 12. — Nnn-Residpvt Fujiils. Pupils from ©ther States^
and territories may be admitted ta all the privileges of the said
Normal School, on presenting letters of recommendation from the
Executive ©<• State Sehool Superintendent^thereof, and the pay-
ment of one hundred dollars. Pupils from other states shall not
}>e required to'sign the declaration named in the foregoing section >
Sec, 13. — Lectures in Sciences and Arts. Lectures in chem-
istry, comparative anatomy, agricultupral chemistry, and anr
other science or any other branch of literature that the Board of
Trustees may direet, may b« delivered to those attending such
school in such manner and on such conditions as the Board of
Trustees may prescribe.
Sec. 14. — Traveling and Necessary Expenses nf Trustees.
The actual and necessary personal expenses incurred by the mem-
l?)ers of said Board of Trustees, in carrying out the provisions of
this act, shall be paid on the proper certificate out of any funds
belonging to said Normal School in the hands of the Treasurer.
Sec. 15. — Vacancies on Board of Trustees It shall be the
duty of the Governor of the State to fill by appointme-nt all vacan-
cies that may, from any cause, occur in the said Board of TrusteeSv
Sec. 16-. — Annual Report. The President and Secretary of
the Board of Trustees shall on the first day of January of each
year, transniit to the Governor of the State^ a full report of the
doings of the said Board of Trustees, the progress and condition
of said Normal School, together with a full report of the expend-
itures of the same for the previous year, setting forth each item
in full, and the date thereof and such recommendations as they
deem proper for the good of said Normal School-
Sec. 17, — School Discipline. The Board of Trustees in their
regulations, and the Principal and assistants in their supervision
and government of said school, shall exercise a watchful guard-
ianship over the morals of the pupils at all times during their at-
tendance upon the same^ but no religious or sectarian tests shall
be applied in the selection of teachers, and none shall be adopted
in said school.
Approved, Feb. 7, 189^,
CHAPTER XII. — Lewiston State Normal Schoox.
An Act Providing for the Issue of State Bonds for the Purchase of Chemicals
and Chemical and Physical Apparatus, and for the Erection of tw«>
Dormitories for the Lewiston State Normal School, and
Prescribing how the Proceeds of the Sale o<
such Bonds shall be Expended.
Be it Enacted by the Legislatue of the State of Idaho:
Section. 1. That for the purpose of providing money for
chemicals and chemical and physical apparatus, and for the
erection of two dormitories for the Lewiston State Normal School,
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located at Lewiston, in Nez Perce County, State of Idaho, a loan
of Seven Thousand Five Hundred (7,500) Dollars is hereby au*
thorized to be negotiated by a Board consisting of Governor^
Treasurer, Secretary of State and Attorney General, of the State
of Idaho on the faith and credit of the State of Idaho, and
secured Vjy the proceeds of the sale of State Normal School lands
^nd the timber thereon as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. The Treasurer of the State is hereby authorized,
•empowered and directed immediately upon the passage of this
Act, to issue fifteen (15) bonds of the State of Idaho, to be known
as Idaho Lewiston State Normal School Bonds, in the sum of
Five Hundred (500) Dollars each, payable in twenty (20) years
irom the date of their issuance, to bear interest at the rate of five
per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually on the first days of
January and July of each year at a bank in the city of New York
to be selected by the State Treasurer; said bonds however to be
redeemable at the option of the State of Idaho, at any time at the
expiration of ten (10) years from the date of their issuance, and
said bonds shall.be jplainl}'- numbered from one to fifteen (15)
oonsecutivelv.
Sec. 3. The State Treasurer is hereby further authorized,
empowered and directed, to cause to be printed or lithographed,
suitable bonds, in proper form, with coupons attached, for the
purposes of this Act. All such bonds shall be signed by the Sec-
retary of State with his own proper name, affixing his official
character, and shall be authenticated by the Great Seal of the
State, and shall also be signed or endorsed by the Governor of the
State with his own proper name, affixing his official character,
and shall then be delivered by the Secretary of State to the State
Auditor, who shall make and keep a register of such bonds, show-
ing the number and amount of each bond, and then deliver the
said bonds to the State Treasurer, and charge the State Treasurer
on the books of the Auditor's office with the full amount of each
bond.
Sec. 4. At the time of issuing said bonds under the pro-
visions of this Act, the State Treasurer shall sign them with his
own proper name, affixing his official character, and shall in like
manner sign the coupons thereunto attached, and such signing
shall bind the State. The coupons for the payment of interest
shall be attached to said bonds in such manner that they may
be taken off without injury or mutilating the bonds, and shall be
severally numbered from one to forty, inclusive, each bearing the
corresponding number of the bond to which it is attached. The
Treasurer shall keep a register of all the bonds issued by him
showing the date of issuance, and shall deliver said bonds with
the coupons attached as aforesaid, to the purchaser or purchasers,
upon the receipt of the purchase money therefor; and the money
received from the sale of said bonds shall be by said Treasurer
placed in a certain fund to be known as the Lewiston Normal
School Fund for chemical and physical apparatus and the erec-
tion of domitories, none of said bonds however shall be sold for
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less than their face or par value.^ The expense of printing or
lithographing and procuring said bonds with coupons attached,
shall be paid out of the funds arising from the sale of said bonds.
Sec. 5. For the purpose of securing the payment of the
principal of the bonds provided for in this Act, the proceeds of
the sale of all the lands, or of timber growing thereon, granted
to the State of Idaho by the United States for State Normal
Schools are hereby set apart as a separate and distinct fund to be
known as the Normal School Sinking Fund; and after the pay-
ment of the principal and interest of the bonds provided for by
an Act providing for the issue of said bonds for the benefit of the
Albion State Normal School and the Lewiston State Normal
Schools, and prescribing how the proceeds of the sale of said
bonds shall be expended, ratified the seventh day of March, 1895;
and after the payment of the said principal of the said
bonds provided by this Act, then the proceeds of the sales
of said land or timber shall be paid into the General Fund
in the State treasury .until an amount, equal to the total amount
of interest that has theretofore been paid out of said General Fund
on said bonds, issued by the said two Acts hereinbefore named,
less the amount of interest that may have been paid into raid
General Fund from investment of Normal School Sinking Fund
moneys in State warranto, as hereinafter provided for, has been
so paid into said General Fund. When the principal of said
bonds shall have been fully paid and the General Fund of the
State reimbursed for interest on said bonds provided in said two
Acts as herein specified, then and thereafter the proceeds of the
sales of such lands and timber shall be disposed of, as may by
law be provided.
Sec. 6. At any time after ten (10) years from the issuance
of said bonds, whenever there shall be ten thousand (10,000)
dollars of said Sinking Fund, the Treasurer of the State shall
ncKtke a "call" by publication for sixty (60) days in some daily
newspaper in this State, notifying all the parties interested that
certain bonds of said Normal School Bonds provided by the said
two Acts hereinbefore referred to, giving their numbers, will at a
certain date be paid at the office of said Treasurer, and the bonds
so called shall cease to bear interest from and after the date in
said "call" specified.
Sec. 7. At any time when money to the amount of One
Thousand Dollars or more is in said Sinking Fund it is hereby
made the duty of the State Treasurer to invest such money in
registered State warrants of this State, and in registered State
warrants only, and to hold such warrants until they are re-
deemed as a part of said Sinking Fund, and whenever State war-
rants so held by the Treasurer are paid, the Treasurer shall certify
the amount of interest that mav have accrued thereon to the
State Auditor and the amount of such interest shall thereupon be
placed to the credit of and become a part of the General Fund of
the State, and the amount of the principal of said Sinking Fund
invested in such warrants shall upon the redemption of said war-
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rants be returned to said Sinking Fund, to be reinvested in tbe
jsame manner: Provid-ed, That wh^n the principal of said Sink*
ing Fund is required for the redemption of the bonds called as
provided for in this Act, such principal shall not be so invested
in such warranto.
Sec. 8. For the prompt payment of the interest that may
accrue upon said bonds there is hereby appropriated for each
year out of any moneys in the State treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, an amount equal to the amount of said interest on
said bonds as the same may become due, and for the payment of
such interest when due the Treasurer of the State shall reserve
any and -sufficient of the funds in his hands, in preference to all
other claims whatsoever, except the interest on bonds of the State
heretofore "issued pursuant to law.
Sec. 9. When the moneys arising from the sale of said
bonds are received by the State Treasurer he shall notify the
State Auditor of the amount of money so received, and the State
Auditor shall thereupon credit the Treasurer's account with the
amount of bonds sold.
Sec. 10, All moneys paid or to be paid into said the Lewiston
State Normal School Fund, are hereby appropriated to the Lew-
iston State Normal School for the purposes of said two acts as
hereinbefore stated and provided.
Sec. 11. The moneys in said Lewiston State Normal
School Fund received from sale of bonds issued under this Act,
and hereinbefore stated and provided, shall be paid out for the
purchase of chemicals and chemical and physical apparatus, and
ioT the erection and furnishing of the two dormitories for the
Lewiston State Normal School.
Sec. 12- The moneys in the said Lewiston State Normal
School Fund, as hereinbefore provided in this Act, shall be drawn
therefrom only upon warrants issued by the State Auditor upon
certificates of the Secretarv of the Board of Trustees of said Lew-
iston Normal School, countersigned by the President thereof, as
provided in Section five [5] of "An Act to establish a State Nor-
mal School at Lewiston, V etc.: Approved February 7, 1899, and
. approved by the State Board of Examiners.
Sec, 13. Whereas an emergency exists therefor this Act
shall be in force and effect from and after its passage and ap-
proval.
Became a law without Executive Approval March 9, 1899.
CHAPTER XXIIL— Albion State Normal School.
Section 1. — Location — Purpose — Proviso. That a Normal
School for the State of Idaho is hereby established at or near the
town of Albion, in the County of Cassia, to be called the "Albion
State Normal School,^' the purpose of which will be for training
and educating teachers in the art of instruction and governing in
the public schools of this State, and of teaching the various
branches that pertain to a good common school education: Pro-
%0 GENERAL SCnoai.LAW8
vided. That J. E. Miller, of the said town 6i Albion, shall prior
to the first day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, do-
nate to the Board of Trustees hereinafter named, as a "site for the
use of the said Albion State Normal School^ five acres of Lot 3,
Section 6, Township 12, S., R. 25 E., together with a permanent
water right therefor and shall convey the same by a good* and
perfect title in fee simple to said Board of Trustees, who are
hereby authorized and empowered to receive and hold the same^
and the title thereto, in trust and lor the use of the said Albion
State Normal School.
Sec. 2. That a non-partisan Board of Trustees to he
known a& 'The Board of Trustees of the Albion State Normal
School" consisting of five members, no more than three of whom,
shall be of the same political party, is hereby created for the
management and control of the Albion State Normal SchooL
Said Trustees shall be appointed by the Governor by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of two years and
until their successors are appointed and qualified, and before en-
tering upon the duties of their office each of paid Trustees shall
take and subscribe an oath or affirmation that he will support
the constitution of the United States and the constitution and
laws of the State of Idaho, and will faithfully and impartially
discharge the duties of said office, which oath or affirmation shall
be filed in office of Secretary of State.
Sec. 3. All the rights, powers, duties and titles to real es-
tate or personal property belonging to or vested in said Albion
State Normal School, are hereby vested in the Trustees of said
school herein provided for.
Sec. 4. — Organization — Quorum — Etc, The said Board of
Trustees may conduct its proceedings in such manner as will best
conduce to the proper dispatch of business. A majority of the
Board of Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time.
No member of said Board of Trustees shall participate in any
proceedings in which he has any pecuniary interest. Every vote
and official act of the said Board of Trustees shall be entered on
record. Said Board of Trustees shall have an official seal, which
shall be judicially noticed. Said Board of Trustees may sue and
be sued. No vacancy in the Board of Trustees shall impair the
right of the remaining Trustees to exercise all the powers of the
said Board of Trustees. At their first meeting, and annually
thereafter, the said Board of Trustees shall elect from their num-
ber a President and a Secretary. The State Treasurer shall beex-
officio Treasurer of the said Board of Trustees. It shall be the
duty of the Secretary to keep an exact and detailed account of
the doings of said Board, and an itemized account of all expend-
itures authorized by said Board.
Sec. 5. — General Fowe'^s and Duties of Trustees. The said
Board of Trustees are hereby authorized, and it is made their
duty, to take and at all times to have general supervision and
control of all buildings and^ property appertaining to said Normal
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School, and to have general charge and control of the construc-
tion of all buildings to be built. They shall have power to let
contracts for buildings and completion of any such buildings^
and the entire supervision of their construction.
Sec. 6. — Funds — How Expended — Proviso. All funds ap-
propriated for the use and benefit of said Normal School, -from
every source, including the pro rata share of the available pro-
ceeds of sales of land, granted by the government of the United
States to the State of Idaho, for the establishment and mainte-
nance of the State Normal Schools, due to said Normal^ School,
shall be under the direction and control of said Board of Trustees
subject to the provision herein contained. The Treasurer of the
Board of Trustees shall pay out of such funds all orders or drafts
for money to be expended under the provisions of this Act. Such
orders or drafts shall be drawn by the State Auditor on certifi-
cates of the Secretary countersigned by the President of said
Board of Trustees and approved by the State Board of Examiners,
No such certificates shall be given except on accounts audited
and allowed by said Board of Trustees.
Sec. 7. — Regvlgr Meetings. The Board of Trustees shall
hold two regular meetings annually, at the said town of Albion,
but special meetings may be called by the President of the Board
by sending written notice at least ten days before such meeting to
each member.
Sec 8. — Election of Teachers — Salaries — Removals. The
Board of Trustees shall have power to elect a principal and all
other teachers that may be deemed necessary, to fix the salaries-
of the same and to prescribe their duties. They shall have power
to remove either the Principal, assistant or teachers and appoint
others in their stead.
Sec. 9. — Course of Study — Value of Certificates. It shall
be the duty of the Board of Trustees to prescribe the course of
study, and the time and standard of graduation, and to issue
such certificates and diplomas as may from time to time be deemed-
suitable. These certificates and diplomas shall entitle the holders
to teach in the public schools in any county in this State for the
time and in the grade specified in the certificate or diploma.
Sec. 10. — Text Books, Apparatus and Furniture, The
Board of Trustees shall prescribe the text books, apparatus and
furniture, and provide the same together with all the necessary
stationery for the use of the pupils.
Sec 11. — Training or Model Schools. The Board of Trus-
tees, shall, when deemed expedient, establish and maintain a
training or model school or schools; in which the pupils of the
Normal School shall be required to instruct classea under the
supervision and direction of experienced teachers.
Sec 12. — Rules and Regulations. The Board of Trustees
shall ordain such rules and regulations for the admission of
pupils to said Normal School as they shall deem necessary and
proper. All classes may be admitted into the said Normal School
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who are admitted without restriction into the puhlic schools of
the State: Provided, The applicant, if a male, must be not less
than sixteen years of age, or if a female not less than fifteen years
of age. Applicants must also present letters of recommendation
from the County Superintendent of Public Instruction of the
county in which they reside, certifying to their good moral char-
acter, and their fitness to enter the Normal School. Before enter-
ing all applicants must sign the following declaration: "We
hereby declare that our purpose in entering the Albion State
Normal School is to fit ourselves for the profession of teaching,
and that it is our intention to engage in teaching in the public
schools of this State."
Sec. 13. — l^on- Resident }*apils. Pupils from other States
and Territories may be admitted to all the privileges of the said
Normal School, on presenting letters of recommendation from
the Executive or State School Superintendent thereof, and paying
such tuition fee as the Board of Trustees may prescribe. Each of
such pupils must sign the following declaration: "I hereby de-
clare that my purpose in entering the Albion State Normal
School is to fit myself for the profession of teaching."
Sec. lA.^-Lectures in Sciences and Arts. Lectures in chemis-
try, comparative anatomy, mechanical arts, agricultural chemistry,
and any other science or any other branch of literature that the Board
of Trustees may direct, may be delivered to those attending such
school in such manner and on such conditions as the Board of
Trustees may prescribe.
Sec. 15. — Traveling and Necessary Expenses nf Trustees.
The actual and necessary personal expenses incurred by the mem-
bers of said Board of Trustees, in carrying out the provisions of
this act, shall be paid on the proper certificate out of any funds
belonging to said Normal School in the hands of the Treasurer.
Sec. 16. — Vacancies on Board of Trustees. It shall be the
duty of the Governor of the State to fill by appointment all vacan-
cies that may, from any cause, occur in the said Board of Trustees.
Sec. i?. — Annual Report. The President and Secretary of
the Board of Trustees shall on the first days of January and July of
each year, transmit to the Governor of the State, a full report of the
doings of the said Board of Trustees, the progress and condition
of said Normal School, together with a full report of the expend-
itures of the same for the previous six months, setting forth each
item of in full, and the date thereof and such recommendations
as they deem proper for the good of said Normal School.
Sec. 18. — School Discipline. The Board of Trustees in their
regulations, and the Principal and assistant in their supervision
and government of said school, shall exercise a watchful guard-
ianship over the morals of the pupils at all times during their at-
tendance upon the same, but no religious or sectarian tests shall
be applied in the selection of teachers, and none shall be adopted
in the said school.
Sec 19. Whereas an emergency exists therefor this Act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, February 14, 1899.
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Adjonrmnetft of tchodls
Age« school, defined,
Age, teachers*
J^lbion State Normal School.
JLmeBdmeut, constitutional—
investment of pmMic school fiinda...^
Apportionment of forfeiiedmonef ~
Apportionment of license money ^.«
Apportionment of school funds, bounty and stote—
hj county superiateDdeDt
Manser of .^.
Share given each district
For new districts «,...
For joint districts
Apportionment of state-school funds—
By state si^»eriutendent «..
Appropriation—
Text-book oomasission
Antft culture ,
ifaiWr day-
Designation of
Schools obliged 4o observe the day-
Manner « „...*«.„.
Brogrommeof exercises... ..«^....»» »«.. w^.
Assessors —
Duty in special tax levy
M ust keep sepavate list, and take sepavate receipt
Mast keep separate account ^
Compensation ^ »..
Paid from special tax .'.
BlankH furnished ^y county commistaleners
Assistants -at institutes... .«»..
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Bonds—
<S«e schooi bonds.)
Independent school Dist. <See independent school Uist.)
State, county, achool. municipal, or other bonds validated
Boundaries-
Petition to change tied with county superintendent ,.
County commiseioners liave power to change «t regntor
meetings
Changed only on petition .....^ .«• m. ..m»
Notice of petition to change must be posted in public
places « ^i».
Tmstees must be notiied of petition...
•Census Marshal-
Shall report chUdren of school «ge to trustees .,w.........
** report 4eaf^ dumb and blind la each district to county
superintendent
•Certificates, County—
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Not granted to persons not oitiaens of the United States...
Corporatioa-
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Orfclflcates, State —
Examinations held seml-annunlly
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Conditions ... —
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GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS
Chapter. Sectloni
Chairman tieard of truatees—
Klected by board
bhall sign school bond» and coupona.
Clerk board of irusiees—
Blected by board of trustees :...*
Gompensation paid bv trustees
Mast enumerate children of sQbool age in bis distriet.
Compensation of enumeratio'Q^
Post notice of eleeiion ^?.#,.^ „
Receives school register ...:.j*......
oustodian of district text books
Shall distribute text-boeks to teachev»......
'• take receipt for books.. .......J......
• •* receive bo»k8 at close of school year
*' sign school bonds and coupons ^
Collector -
bball vetum unsold licenses to county aiiditor ,
'* pay to county treasurer all moneys collected.
'• take treasurer's receipt
" file duplicate receipt with auditor.
'* file quarterly report iKith county treasurer....
Compenoatioii of teachers...-
Coutagious diseases—
To prevent spread of ., ^
Duty of owners of houses. — ^
Duty of pbysteians .^ ;
Duty of trustees ^ ^
County auditor—
bhall draw warrant on district school fund on presentation of
order
•• countersign warrant on independent district officers .,.
Unsold licenses returned to .....^
■* draw warrant for expense of teachers' inslitutea.
County bonds-
Validated ^ ^ _
County commissioners—
Have power to create new school districtat regular meetings
Uave power to change boundaries at regular meetings
May change boundaries only on petition ~
May create districts only on petition ^...
Must act on petition for new districts* and change of
boundaries at regular meeting....
May modify petition
Shall order territory of lapsed districts attached toother school
districts.... .r^v ,„ .^^
" levy tax for school purposes .,
*' furnish assessor blanks for special tax ,
Coanty superintendent-
Election of. ,.. ^ .^.,.,.„
Residence ,
Term of office » ,^^..,„»^ .«. .,«„.„ ^
Special qualifications
Bond
Sureties , ,
Bond approved by county oommissionera
Bond and oath filed with county recorder.
Must possess valid first-grade certificate ^
Eligibility ^ ^
Shall visit and supervise schools
Office at county seat
Office supplies and office, pronded by commissioners
'* designate office days ^
'• keep office open v
"' direct trustees legarding repair of school buildings
** keep record of official acts ,
" preserve office supplies „
'* file all official documents
" obey legal instructions of state superintendent.
** hold examinations, regular and special.. .....
*' adveitise examinations
*' grant and sign certificates to teaehers .,.
•• open examination questions in presence of applicants...
'* deposit fees collected for certificates in county treasury. . .
May revoke county certificates for cause »..
** keep record of all certificates granted or revoked
" keep books required by state superintendent, showing re-
ports of trustees, etc .,
*' report annually to state superintendent. ..~
'* appoint trustees in all newly-organized districts
" appoint trustees to fill all vacancies '. .
** be allowed expense of examination r
" require county treasurer to report, quarterly, school
moneys not apportioned
'* apportion school moneys, county and state.
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OF THE STATE OF IDAHO.
Chapter. Section.
Shall certify to county treasurer amount of school money to
credit of each 4i.strict a 15
*' notify clerk of eiich 4iBtrict of amount of money to credit
of distriot.,,...,..^...},.^ 8 15.
. Penalty for failure, to^iiomply with requirements of state
superintendeWM.- 8 16
Salary ,vm.m^..: 3 19-
*' notify trustees when petitions for new districts, or change
of boundaries are filed 6 4
Contents of notice * 5 4
*• post printed notices of petitions 5 4
*' present petitions for new districts and change of bound-
arieq tQ county commissiuners „, 5 4
May approve, or disapproTe, petition 5 4
•* apportiOA money to new districts 6 9
** apportipA.money to joint districts 5 xi
*' apportion to otber districts money apportioned to distrlccs
,". th^t have lapsed , 5 u
** sell property of lapsed districts 5 is
*' notify county treasurer if trustees fail to comply with the
. law 7 4
** keep account with each district 7 5
" couutersign warrants of district officers 7 5
•• collect penal* fines due county 7 t-
Decision final in cases of suspension of pupils 8 8
** hold annual institute 8 7
*' advertise time of holding institute, or send written notice
to teachers 8 7
May hold joint institute 8 7
" certify to trustees teachers* attendance at institutes 8 9
*' procure institute assistants 8 10
** provide all necessaries for institute work 8 10
*' present account of institute expenses to county auditor . . 8 lo
** forward text-book lists to teachers and trustees d •
** order text-books 9 8
*' keep accounts of books ordered 9 9
Bound by state superintendent's regulations concerning
texi-loooks 9 It
'* report number of deaf, dumb and blind to state superin-
tendeut 17 1
County treaaurer—
Oives receipt therefore
Keceives collector's report
Shall keep account of text-bouks ordered
Bound by state superintendent's regulations conoemiug
text-books
^ register School bonds
** post notice to redeem bonds 11
" pay interest on bonds •
** report quarterly to county superintendent school money
noi apportioned »
" keep separate account with each school district
pay money on ttHi r anvi 11 r — 1- -ir — ■ i.
'* retain district money wheu directed by eounty superinten-
** hold school fund as special deposit
" pay to treasurer oi mdepenoent school district money
belonging thereto.....^ ^...«.
Beeeives license money .••...... .......... . . .
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Census of.
Denominational literature— forbidden in schools
Diplomas, state.........
When granted ^.........
Good during life of holder „„.
May be revoked by state board
Districts-
Amount of school money to which each is entitled^
Manner of apportioning money to each
Limit of expenditures for supplies ^
Kegularly organised, body corporate............... ^.
May sue, and be sued
Boundaries may be changed on petition at quarterly meet-
ings of board of county commissioners.
Union of, when allowed »
Division, when allowed
Area of
City, or town, shall not be divided.
Dissolution of , when
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Sale of property and disposal of funds by county superin-
Disposal of territory by county commissioners *
Account kept with each by couuty treasurer *
Account kept with each by county superinleiident
Faith pledged for redemption of bonds
Each a body corporate, may sue and be sued
Districts, independent— (8ee independent school disiricls.)
DistrijM, joint-
How formed
Record of
Census
Attendance
Assessment of property ^. . . .
Collection of taxes «.
Apportlunmeut
Districts, new-^
When created
Petitions for.
Contents of .i
Boundaries of
Bntitied to proportion of sehool moneys
Adjustment of funds, or indebtedness
fiducation— compulsory
1 hildren required to attend school
Exceptions
> Duties of parents or guardians
JBlection— special tax
Ballots
Ballot box, separate ^
Who may vote
Certification of levy, rate, date, etc., of special tax to
couuty commissioners, by trustees
Limit
Election of trustees- time
Notice
contents of notice
Judge
Clerk ;
Returns made to county superintendent
Returns filed in office of couuty supenutendeut
Voters, qualified
Election for issuance of school bonds. (See school bonds.)
Uxauiination, Mtuie
One member ol the state ooard shall preside
AsslBt&nta may be employed
Compensation of assistants
Rxaminationa, county
Date
KeKUlar, must be held at the county seat
Special, may be held elsewhere
Advertised by county suLiefintendeni
Subjects
Questions furnished county superintendent under seal —
Questions must be opened in presence of applicants
l«ee
Expense of examination paid from current expense fund..
Questions prepared by state superintendent
Rules prescribed by state superintendent ^ -..
Fines—
For violation of school law paid into the county treasury
Independent school districts-
Have special laws for eoUeotion of taxes ^
Free schools— independent districts
Corporate powers
Officers .....~
Bonds— trustees may issue — .. .
Limit ^ «,...
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Election to issue for buildings, etc
Special tax for interest— sinking fund, redemption
Trustees
Terms
Election
Time
Notice
Qualified electors
Judges* decision on tie vote
Vacancies
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Claptec Section.
Perumnry itt^rest ^ ^.... .^ 12 7
OflBuialoatb ot trustees 12 8
Organization of boards of trusTees ^,^^.. l2 9
CompeDsation of trustees....^ ^^. 19 M
Retfularmeetings ^ ^ „ 12 11
Qnoram _ 12 II
General duties and powerB of board. ...,^ ^ „ 12 18
General provisions uot cotttrudictory govern ...^ 12 >13
bifititates—
Held annually by covnty superintendent 8 7
riroe of b«l«1lr.g determinedly county superintendent 8 7
Ten days' notice given ^ ^ 8 7
Length of session ^ .^ ^.....^^ 9 7
Advertised i^y connty Huperiniendent..^,^ „... 8 7
Teacbers must attend. ^..^ 4 8
Limit of ezpens * — .«^., 8 10
A88lr«tani8 , 8 10
Nece8sarle$< provided by county fNiperlntendent .^, 8 10
Joint institutes .^ ^«^... 8 7
Expenses of —..... ^ ^ ^,... 8 16
Iiitere>»t on state sdiool runde. ^ ^ ^ . 7 2
luvestmont of school funds.... ~ ^ ..^^. 7 It
Lewiston State Normal '=cho«l .,, „ 21
Sale of bendsfcr purchase of chemicals and chemical and
pbybicai apparatus... — IKS
Collection and payment to treasurer........ 7 1<
License money — apportionment of 7 18
Month, sckool ., 8 *
Muoicipal bonds, validated. _ . 14 1
Notice—
Ot petition for new district 5 4
Of obanflre of district boundaries. .«. 5 4
Contents of. ., h 4
Presentation to county eommissionerd 6 4
Parents or GuaMlans—
Required to send children to sehool 10 X
Provisos 10 I
Fined for violating the school-law 10 S
Petitions—
For new districts, and change of boundaries 5 8-S
Contents of 5 I
Parties interested notified by county superintendents 5 4
Commissioners act on petitions at regular meetings 5 4-B
For union of districts 5 •
Must bd placed before trustees 5 4
Political literature— forbidden In schools.. 8 4
, Prohibitions to teachers 8 4
f . Property for school purposes 4 7
I (See trustees >
Publishers of text-books—
Must furnish bonds 9 5
Must keep books on hand 9 7
Must make bills for books in duplicate 9 8
Pupils-
Disorderly conduct of ~ 4 12
Buspeosloo of 4 U
May be suspended, censured. expell<»d 8 8
Non-resident "' * KS
State superintendent's 8 7
County superintendents* , 8 12.
Trustees* - 4 It
Teachers* » *-2
School bonds— ,, ,
, Trustees may submit issuance 11 . J
Election 1* J
Llmitofissue \\ J
Rate of Interest - JJ 1
Purpose '^ '
Election— manner of holding U J
Baiiou ;j ;
Ballots signed *y chairman and clerk U 2
Coupons 1^ *
Reports—
GENERAL SCHOOL LAWK
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reupons stRned by chairman and clerk
Coupons registered by county treasurer
T^nmberand amount of bond» shown in bond book
To whom issued ^
Reld by trustees
l^etice of sale ^
Contents uf notice
M iftst not be sold below par
Bids may be relected by trustees
l^ay be sold at private sale ~
Money arising paid into county treasury
Interest
i^hiking fund -w^ 4^,
Kederoption ~
Oldest redeemed first »
Interest ceases thirty days after eall
Cancelled on redemption
Interest paid out of sch€>ol money
Payment reported bj county treasHrer to school trustees....
Validated
School days in week school weeks in mouth, school months in year..
}»ehool fund-district -
Not to exceed twenty five per cent, thereof must be spent
for school supplies annually
Bxcess inve&ted in fccurities
Receives share of license money
State— proceeds of lands ,
Kemaios inviolate and intact, not franaferable. interest
spent to maintain schools, state treasurer custodian.
shall be invested
Pcliool-laws— publication, distribution
School money— from sale of bonds paid into county treasury
behool tax — . ^
Rate— levied by oonnty commissioners » assessed and
collected as other taxes are
Sectarinn literature— forbidden in schools
Slinking fund - (See school bonds) „.>.
Special tax election. (See election - special tax. ^
bpeoial tax levy—
IXuty of assessors ^^.
Shall become a lien on property assessed
separate account kept for, separate receipt taken for.
Assessor's compensation paid outof special tax
gtate board of public insti notion—
Members, president, secretary ,
Hegular meetings _»
Shall adopt rules and regulations
•• held state examinations. —
" keeprecordof proceedings •
M ay revoke state certificates and state cHplomaa
M ust give thirty days notice to holder thereof
May issue certificates to persons holding smne from other
states ~ ~
*' direct education of deaf, dumb and blind
State superintendent of public instruction—
Official quAlincatious, oath of office approved by goveniorr
bond deposited with secretary <tf state
Office, seal. -
Shall pre«»erve records
Records open to public
Has supervision of schools, has supervision of eoonty
superintendents S
** prepare course of study ; 2
*' prepare all examination questions 2.
prescribe rules and regulations for conducting examina>-
tions t
*' confer with county superintendents 2
''* publish and distribute school laws 2
** report to governor biennially 2
"• . visit schools 2
Traveling expenses, office furnished by state government. 2
'* apportion state school fund 2
•* certify to each county treasurer amount appoitioned to
county >.. 2
^* certify to each county superintendent amount apportioned
to county 2
** certify to state auditor amount apportioned to each county 2
** furnish county superintendents blanks for annual reports 8
Member of tex^book commission 9
*' advertise meeting of text-book commission 9
" prepare printed lists of text-books adopted »
** forward texc-book lists to county superintendents 9
** prepare, print and distribute text-book regalatious 9
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Must hold TElid certificate.
Not entitled to oompentMtion without certtficate....^. . . .
Forbidden to introduce sectarian literature into lehoolB. . . .
Forbidden to introduce political literature Info schoolB....
Forbidden to introduce denominational literature into
schools
Mlowed salaries while attending institutes
Furnished with lists of free tez^books by county superin-
tendent
Return tez^book8 to clerk of board at close of term
Bound by state superintendent's regulation concerning
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ments, serve until next election
Blectlon of, ballots must designate term of office, three
members on board, term of othce
Clerk of board elected by members, chairman of board
elected by members
Feffular meetings, special meetings
Quorum
8hall employ teachers
" make written contracts with teachers
Hay discbarfse teachers
'* fix, allow, ami order paid teachers' salaries
* ' fix, allow, and order paid clerks' salaries
" determine rate of tuition for non-resident pupils
Have charge of district school property
Have power to purchase, receive, hold and convey real
property for school purposes.
Forbidden to have pecuniary interest in contracts made
by board
** furnish necessary school supplies
May audit accoMnts against district school fund
Forbidden to draw warrants in excess of amount to credit
of district •
* * report annuallv to county superintendent
*' decide on punishment of pupils
'* transmit certified copy of school census to county superln*
tendent
May sue and be sued 5-i
M ay hold and convey property for district
May make contracts for districts ^
Notified by county superintendent of petitions for new
districts or change of boundaries.
Election of, administer oatli to jadge and clerk of election,
levy special tax, certify levy of special tax to
county commissioners, certify rate of special tax to
county commissioners, certify date, etc. of special
tax to county commissioners t
Oath filed in office of county superintendent
ivv hen and how they qualify
Shall furnish teacher with register and blank reports
'* credit teachers with time spent at institutes
Furnished with lists of free text-books by county superin-
tendent
'* determine whether, or not, text-books shall be free
Bound by state superintendent's regulations concemiog
text-books
* * furnish principal with list of children of school ase
* ' demand penalty from parents for violating schoci law
post requtremeats and penalties of compulsory school law
submit issuance of school bonds to electors ^
chairman and clerk shall sign bonds and coupons
sell bonds.
publish notice of sale of bonds
May reject all bids for bonds, may sell bonds at private sale
levy tax to pay interest on bonds .'
Notified by county treasurer of payment of school bonds...
print bonds
•• pay money arising from sale of bonds into county
treasury— neglect, a felony
Duty in preventing spread of contagious diseases 19
Trustees independent school dist. (See independent school dist)
Teachers ^
Qualifications, age
M ust be oitixens of the United States
Employed by trustees, contracts made with tiusteest
salaries fixed by trustees
In Joint districts need not hold certificates in both counties
Furnished by trustees with register and blank reports
May suspend pupils, may appeal from Judgment of board
to county superintendents, general duties toward
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Shall not be discharged without hearing 4
'* report disorderly conduct of pnpils to trustees 4
'• enforce decision of trustees 4
** deliver register to clerk of board 8
*• transmit report to county superintendent 8
** report suspensions to trustees 8
*^ make reports required by state superintenden ( 8
*' make reports required by county superintendent 8
*• use text-books provided by the state 8
•• enforce course of study 8
** enforce rules prescribed by state superintendent 8
•** teach kindness 8
*• attend institutes 8
** participate in institute exercises 8
•* adjourn school to attend institutes 8
'* give receipt for text-books to clerk of board 9
** reoort to trustees names of children attending school 10 >
Text-books, free-
Adopted by board of text book commissioners 9
Branches, price 9
Books adopted certified by chairman of hoard, certificate
filed with state superintendent, certificate of books
must be complete, sample copies of books adopted
filed with state superintendent, adopted for sixyfiars 9
List of books adopted furnished teachers by county super-
intendents 9
Kept by publishers 9
Date to order, ordered through county superintendent 9
Manner of ordering and making remittance 9
State superintendent's regulations 9
Text-book commissioners —
Appointed by governor, consists of five persons, state
superintendent a member, term of office 9
Date of meeting, meet at state capitol. adopt uniform t-ext-
books, members formulate rules for government,
three members a quorum 9
Meeting advertised by state superintendent, adopt books
for six years, branches . : 9
Chairman certifies to books adopted, certificate filed with
state superintendent 9
Have power to make contracts, shall require publishers to
furnish bonds 9
Authorized to prepare circulars of text book information.- 9
Shall distribute circulars 9
Compensation of members 9
Appropriation •
Tuition of non-resident pupils *..... 4
Tail election, special. (See election.)
Tax, school •. 7
Treasurer, state— custodian of state school funds 7
University of Idaho— bonds, improvement 20
Voters ,\ qualified 6
Year, school.. ....... ..~.. ......^. .^. ..<.. 8
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